FORECAST: Cloudy,
with a chance of
showers. Clearer and
colder tonight.
PAGE 2A

74!-? -P
70

43

4

White House seeks big budget cuts

Proposals giving

some lawmakers

election headaches

Associated Press
WASHINGTON President Bush
sent his GOP allies in Congress an
austere budget for next year that is
filled with political land mines and

flush ~ ith difficult choices.
The document unveiled Monday
clamps down on domestic programs
favored by lawmakers and calls for
politically perilous curbs to Medicare
that promise to bog down in a
Congress already poisoned b.% elec-
tion-year politics.
"It's a heavy lift," said Senate
Budget Committee Chairman Judd
Gregg. R-N.H. "There's no question
it's going to be a challenge."
Despite the sacrifices called for in
education, Amtrak, community devel-

opment and local law enforcement
grants, health research and many
other programs frozen or cut under
his plan. Bush's $2.77 trillion blue-
print forecasts a record $423 billion
deficit for the current year and
improves upon that figure in 2007
largely by lowballing cost estimates
for the war in Iraq.
Bush gives a generous 6.9 percent
budget increase to the Pentagon -
which %would receive a record $439
billion before accounting for the wars
in Iraq and Afghanistan and wants

Congress to pass a $3 billion or 14 per-
cent increase in foreign aid.
His proposal projects $70 billion in
new funds to execute the war in Iraq
through the end of September, which
will come in a detailed request later
this month and bring total war fund-
ing for 2006 to $120 billion. Another
$50 billion is allocated for next year.
"'My administration has focused the
nation's resources on our highest pri-
ority protecting our citizens and
our homeland," Bush said in his budg-
et message.

The White House also said that it
will request another $18 billion or so
in hurricane relief in the next few
days.
At the same time. Bush proposes to
kill or dramatically slash 141 pro-
grams for savings of almost $15 bil-
lion. Congress is likely to reject many
of the cuts, such as a proposal to kill
the Comnmodity Supplemental Food
Program. which provides food aid to
the very poor
Please see 0.iiDGTf/Page 5A

County

cool to

land

swap

request

terrywitt@
chronicleonline.com
GChron icle
A proposal to trade county-
owned land in Homosassa tor
a strip of state forest around
the landfill is raising the hack-
les of a woman who fears it
could impact the future of
Bluebird Springs Park.
The proposal would give the
/ county a long-term lease on 56
acres of Withlacoochee State
Forest land surrounding the
Citrus County Landfill for
long-term monitoring of
methane gas and chemicals
that -could be leaching from -
the facility.
In exchange. the county
would grant the Division of
Forestry 30 1 2 acres of land in
Homosassa. some of it near
Bluebird Springs Park, to
become part of the Homosassa
Tract of the Withlacoochee
State Forest
Buit Homosassa resident
Georgeanna Phelps said the
land the county w\,ants to trade
Swas donated for future expan-
sion of Bluebird Springs Park.
and she opposes the county
giving it away
She said Edward and Joan
Pliss of Cocoa Beach donated
the land on Dec. 29, 1977, for
the expansion ofthe park She
said Stormy Johnson donated,
an additional five lots. "
'I don't know whether the
state will listen or not, but I
want to get my barbs in,"
Phelps. "I know we don't want
those lots given to the state."
Solid Waste Director Susie
Metcalfe said the county is
Please see :.." "/Page 5A

Blazing a new trail in Citrus County

MATTHEW BECKiC h-r,,r, le
Crum Services employee David Pease balances himself atop a fallen tree Monday morning at Fort Cooper State Park in Inverness. He and a work crew are remov-
ing trees along a path that will soon be linked to the Withalcoochee State Trail.

New walkway will link local attractions For Cooper and Withlacoochee State Trail

dpieklik@chronicleonline.com
Chronicle"
With work continuing this week to
build a trail connecting Fort Cooper
State Park to the Withlacoochee State
Trail, it seems a plan that stemmed
from improving drainage in the area
wasn't just a pipe, dream.
SSince the end of January, workers
from Dolphin Constructors in Tampa
have been preparing an almost half-
.mile path through the forest for its

conversion to a multi-purpose trail.
Once completed, the 2,297-foot trail
will connect the popular state bike
trail to the 710-acre park.
"It's been on the wish list for years
and years and years to have it done,"
Park Manager Harry Mitchell said.
"'Tlis is something that people are
going to use."
The trail first appeared on
Mitchell's wish list about a decade
ago, he said. when the state
Department of Transportation first
started looking to collect storm water

along U.S. 41. Ultimately, the DOT
looked at an easement along the trail
to install underground pipes for a
drainage system to handle runoff.
At the time. Mitchell said the state
park wanted to connect to the
Withlacoochee State Trail for more
accessibility, but funding was an
issue. So the park, which used to
operate the 46-mile paved rail trail
before control sw itched to the Office
of Greenways & Trails, agreed to sell
land next to the bike trail to the DOT
In return, the DOT agreed to supply

funding that the park could use
toward a project.
DOT spokeswoman Kayleen
Mueller; who was the project manag-
er, said the plan of buying the ease-
ment was the "least disruptive" lor
residents and trail users. When a
reporter told her the money was used
to build the trail extension, she said it
was wonderful because park staflT had
been talking about it fora while
"The community there is so neat,"
Please see '/Page 5A

Hollins family

details its vision

Jim H4'uP-Jmir
jhunter@chronicleonline.com
Chronicle
Some day Citrus County may see a vibrant
industrial port center on the Cross Florida
Barge Canal.
It would be complete with a public marina
w\ ith wet slips and a high and dry storage facili-
ty, restaurants, a resort hotel, recreational and
commercial fishing opportunities and retail
shopping.
The Hollins family, which would develop the

HOLLINS HISTORY
The HolIhns family began its interests in
northwest Citrus in 1942. In the 1960s. the
federal government took the canal lands
from the family and built the western term
nus of the canal, slicing through
Hollinswood. The canal, however, met with
environmental opposition and was decor
missioned. It was never finished. The feder
al government eventually gave the canal to
the state, which created the Cross Florida
Greenway, a linear park and trail across the
state on the canal right of way.

center, said it would be called "The Port
District" .
The concept is part of the long-range vision
\statement in \hat's called an "overlay district,"
for'the 'amiKl's 2.4-square-mile property along
the northwest shore of the canal. An overlay
plan is done to outline the goals, objectives and

Please see HO. .. tt/Page 4A

Mawhinney remembered for

hard-working, charitable spirit

KHUONG PHAN
kphan@chronicleonline.com
Chronicle
Thomas Andrew Mawhinney
was a soldier, an athlete, a
shrewd businessman, but more
importantly to those who knew
him, he was a philanthropist, a
family man and a dear friend.
On Saturday, Mawhinney
succumbed to cancer, dying at
his home in Inverness. He was
86 years old.
"It was a hard day Saturday
when we got word," said

Hospice of Citrus also served as presi-
County director Ton.m dent for five years.
Palumbo. "It was a "For a time, he was
shock that Tom was the backbone, if not the
officially gone." formidable infrastruc-
During the 25 years ture of the organiza-
Mawhinney lived in tion," Palumbo said.
Citrus: County he gave "He was also someone
earnestly of himself to Andrew whenever had an agen-
area. charities and Mawhinney da except what was
organizations that he best for Hospice. A lot
believed'served a great benefit of things you see in the county
to the community. Notably, he that are coming to fruition now
was a highly influential board were because of Tom."
member with Hospice of Citrus
County for 14 years, where he Please see SPIRIT/Page 4A

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
To verify the accuracy of
winning lottery numbers,
players should double-check'
the numbers printed above''*
with numbers officially .posted
by the Florida'Lottery. On the
Web, go to wwwiflalottery
.com; by telephone, call (850)
487-7777.

Associated Press

BURBANK, Calif. -- Freddie Prinze Jr.,
is surrounded by a group of giggling pubes-
cent girls. But a fan attack it's not; merely a
scene for his sitcom, "Freddie,"
shooting on a Warner Bros. sound-
stage.
Prinze, 29, still looks as cute as a
teen idol should be, but in this
episode, his character, Freddie
Moreno, is trying to fulfill surrogate
dad duties, chiding niece Zoey and
her friends for behaving inappro- ]
privately.
Moreno, a successful chef plan- Fret
ning to enjoy the bachelor high-life Prinz
with rich pal Chris, has been drawn star
back into family responsibilities, co-eve
For various reasons, his sister and, for "Fr
her young daughter, his grandma,
and his widowed sister-in-law have all
moved in with him, re-enveloping him in
the women's world in which he grew up
after his father abandoned the family.
Besides being the title star, Prinze also is

co-creator, co-writer and co-executive pro-
ducer of the ABC sitcom, which airs
Wednesday at 8:30 p m., and he takes his
multitasking duties very seriously.
"It's a lot of responsibility, but I wouldn't
have it any other way... this is what
I need," he says. "There are things
that I've done that people are so
quick to take credit for and there's
really not a lot I can do about that
because of the perception of actors.
So in order to protect myself, I
needed everyone to understand
that this is something that I love
and this is something that I watch
Idie over and I protect on a daily basis."
:e Jr. Nevertheless, he immediately
and dishes out thanks to his cast, crew,
rything and co-creators. Bruce Helford
eddie. and Bruce Rasmussen. because, "I
don't delude myself that I care any
more than they do."
F, amous for horror and comedy movies
popular with young audiences ("I. Know
What You Did Last Summer," "Scooby
Doo"), Prinze knew the TV industry would

expect his sitcom character to be "that per-
fect guy that everyone wants to take their
daughter to the prom... but that's not excit-
ing," he says.
So he gave Moreno many flaws. "He's a
touch too arrogant. He's sort of been
raised a little prince, to be perfect, and he
believes a bit of that, and that gets him into
trouble. That's the flaw we play up the
most," says Prinze, who also describes his
character as "not as book smart as your
average bear"
Writer-producer Conrad Jackson, who.
helped create the show and who is partly
the inspiration for Freddie's best buddy,
Chris, met Prinze when they were kids in
.Albuquerque, N.M.
He says the show is "very much
Freddie's life," although Freddie, married
since 2002 to actress Sarah Michelle
'Gellar, ]ias never been "the player Freddie
is-so that aspect is more a fantasy, but as
far as the way he deals with kids and has
women constantly influencing his life, I
think that's pretty much how it is in real
life."

Associated Press

MOORPARK. Calif. -
Feznick. an aspiring celebrity
kangaroo, underwent lip sur-
gery because he was bitten by
a wolf[at a Hollywood animal
farm.
The 75-pound kangaroo
underwent plastic surgery on
Sunday and veterinarians say
the marsupial will soon be
ready to resume his acting
career.
Feznick is an aspiring actor
who often appears at corpo-
rate events and was on the red
carpet for the opening of last
year's movie flop "Kangaroo
Jack," his owner Eadie
McMullan said.
Last year, Feznick stuck his
snout under a Fence at a Kern
County farm for Hollywood
animals and was bitten by a
wolf, leaving the 4-year-old
kangaroo with a toothy, Billy
Idol-style sneer, veterinarian
ScottAmsel said.
Surgery on Sunday turned
Feznick's muzzle back into a
fuzzy, made-for-TV' face.

Tenor goes soprano
NEW YORK The Three
Tenors won't make it to a fifth
straight World Cup and will be

replaced by two tenors and a
soprano.
A news con-
ference was
scheduled for P
Tuesday at the
Metropolitan a
Opera House
to a ounce
that Placido
Domingo will
be joined by P lcid-
tenor Rolando Do.ini-go
Villazon and
soprano Anna Netrebko at a
concert in Berlin on July 7,
tweo days before the World Cup
final.
On the final weekend of the
last four World Cups, Domingo
sang with Luciano Pavarotti
and Jose Carreras in concerts
where the trio was dubbed
"The Three Tenors." Those
performances took place in
Rome (1990), Los Angeles
(1994). Paris (1998) and Yoko-
hama., Japan (2002). According
to Domingo's Web site, there
have been a total of34 "Three
Tenors" concerts in which the
trio sang, the last on Sept. 28,
2003. at Columbus, Ohio.

Rocker keeps focus
BOMBAY, India Bryan
Adams is writing a new album,

Scott Reisfeld, a grand-nephew of Swedish-born actress "
Greta Gabo, poses in front of a photograph of his aunt, taken
by Clarence Sinclair Bull in 1931, and shown Monday at the
Filmmuseum in Frankfurt, Germany. The museum is present-
ing 90 photos from Greta Garbo's private collection in an
exhibition that will run until May 7.

but of the 30 songs he's writers must have.
already come up with.f "It's a really difficult
he loves just three. process," he said. "You
"There's a saying, have to be methodical
'It's easy to write songs, and Focused."
but very difficult to He released his first
write great songs.'" I'm albun ii 1980, but it
going through that wasn't until -his third
right now," Adams told "Cuts Like a Knife" in
reporters Friday while Arani 1983 that the hits began
on his fourth tour to ~ to roll in
India. Adams has since won
Adams spoke of the disci- 10 Grammys and scored 12
pline and objectivity that song- platinum discs worldwide.

Today in
HISTORY

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 7, the
38th day of 2006. There are 327
days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Feb. 7, 1812,'author Charles
Dickens was bom in Portsmouth,
England.
On this date:
In 1904, a fire began in Balti-
more that raged for about 30 hours
and destroyed more than 1,500
buildings.
In 1906, 100 years ago, Pu Yi,
the last emperor of China, was*
bom in Beijing.
In 1936, President Roosevelt
authorized a flag for the office of
the vice president.
In 1944, during World War II, the
Germans launched a counteroffer
sive at Anzio, Italy.
In 1964, The Beatles began
their first American tour as they
arrived at New York's John F.
Kennedy International Airport.
In 1974, the island nation of'
Grenada won independence from
Britain.
In 1984, space shuttle astro-
nauts Bruce McCandless II and
Robert L. Stewart went on the first'
untethered space walk.
In 1986, the Philippines held a
presidential election marred by
charges of fraud against the
incumbent, Ferdinand E. Marcos.
In 1986, Haitian President-for-
Life Jean-Claude Duvalier fled his
country, ending 28 years of his
family's rule.
Ten years ago: During a
Central America tour, Pope John
Paul II received a warm welcome
in Nicaragua, his first visit there
since 1983.
Five years ago: The Senate
voted to release $582 million in
dues owed the United Nations.
One year ago: President Bush
proposed a $2.57 trillion budget f
that would erase scores of pro-
grams but still worsen federal *1
deficits by $42 billion during the
next five years.
Today's Birthdays: Country
singer Wilma Lee Cooper is 85.
Author Gay Talese is 74. Actor
Miguel Ferrer is 51. Reggae musi-A
cian Brian Travers (UB40) is 47. 1
Actor James Spader is 46. Country
singer Garth Brooks is 44. Rock
musician David Bryan (Bon Jovi) is
44. Comedian Eddie Izzard is 44.
Actor-comedian Chris Rock is 41.
Actor Jason Gedrick is 39. Actor. ,
Ashton Kutcher is 28.
Thought for Today: "Hurii "'
beings are the only creatures who
are able to behave irrationally in
the name of reason." -Ashley
Montagu, English anthropologist
(1905-1999).

Location Sun. Mon. Full
Withlacoochee at Holder 30.37 30.53 35.52
Tsala Apopka-Hernando 38.44 38.43 39.25
Tsala Apopka-lnverness 39.69 39.68 40.60
Tsala Apopka-Floral City 41.31 41.31 42.40
Levels reported in feet above sea level. Flood stage for lakes are based on 2.33-year flood, the mean-
annual flood which has a 43-precent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any one year. This data Is
obtained from the Southwest Florida Water Management District and is subject to revision. In no event will
the District or the United States Geological Survey be liable for any damages arising out of the use of this
data. If you have any questions you should contact the Hydrologlcal Data Section at (352) 796-7211.

The current lawn watering restriction for the unincorporated areas of Citrus County allow
residents to water twice a week: Addresses ending in 0, 1 or 2 and A through I may water
Monday and Thursday; addresses ending in 3, 4, 5 or 6 and J through R may water
Tuesday and Friday; and addresses ending In 7,8 or 9 and S through Z have Wednesday
and Saturday. Watering must be done before 10 a.m. or after 4 p.m. New plant material may
be irrigated during a 60-day establishment period (restrictions apply).
Residents within the city limits of Inverness can water according to the following schedule,
before 10 a.m. or after 4 p.m. Addresses ending In even numbers or A-M water Tuesday
and/or Saturday only; addresses ending in odd numbers or N-Z water Wednesday and/or
Sunday only.
Residents of Crystal River can water on Tuesday and/or Friday, before 9 a.m. or after 5 p.m.

Associated ress
SCAPE CANAVERAL Speeding
halfway down a 15,000-foot runway, avi-
ation adventurer Steve Fossett will
have to make a quick decision: stop or
continue with his attempt to take off in
an experimental airplane to break the
flight distance record.
The .wrong choice today could send
the plane into a ditch at the end of the
Kennedy Space Center runway, or
worse, create a fiery end for an aircraft
in whiqh fuel makes up 85 percent of
the weight.
"There is a risk in the takeoff. There
is a risk during the flight of running out
of fuel or other mechanical failure in

..TERRY Wrr .
terrywitt@ .
chronicleonline.com ,.
Chrnoniche
The Florida Governmental
Utility Autholity faces millions
of dollars' in repairs and
upgrades, to the water and
wastewater systems it pur-
chased two years ago in Citrus
County, a county government
report has concluded.
In the report, County En-
gineering; Director Al
McLaurin said FGUA is not
ignoring the problems and has
made an.. effort to bring the
facilities,:, ito compliance by
budgeting for the.repairs and
upgrades,.in its five-year con-
struction plan. FGUA complet-
ed 48 percent oft lie.work it had
plamed to. db-i29005.
"it is. just that there are so
many problems, especially at
the wastewater treatment
plants, that they cannot correct
all of the problems at once,"
McLaurin said in a report for
the Citrus County Water and
Wastewater, Authority (WWA).
"This is a result of current
growth that is. affecting all
facilities throughout Florida."
McLaurin's report was made
public Monday as part of WWA's
monthly meeting. It surfaced as
FGUA Director of Operations
Charles Sweat was pressed for
answers about when the gov-
ernment utility plans to build
new water, wells for Citrus
Springs and Pine Ridge.
McLaurin's' report said
FGUA needs to build: new
water wells for Citrus Springs.
Gospel Island and Pine Ridge.
FGUA inherited the mainte-
nance problems from Florida
Water Services Corp. when it
bought the systems in
December 2003. None of the
problems identified in
McLaurin's report pose an

KHUONG PHAN
kphan@chronicleonline.com
Chronicle
According to the Citrus
County Sheriff's Office, a
Homosassa man left a Super
Bowl party and got into a phys-
ical altercation with a woman.
Harold Buskirk IH, 27, was
arrested at 1:40 a.m. Monday.
on charges tampering with a
victim/informant and domestic
battery.
No bond was set.
According to the arrest
report, deputies talked to a
woman who stated that she and
Buskirk had attended a Super
Bowl party Sunday night at
which Buskirk had several
Alcoholic drinks. The pair then

Associated Press
LAKELAND Publix cus-
tomers in Miami, Orlando and
Tampa will soon be able to get
treatment for minor injuries
and ailments at walk-in med-
ical clinics opening inside

an experimental aircraft," Fossett said private sector has taken off from the

Monday at a news conference accompa-

nied by Richard
Branson, whose compa-
ny, Virgin Atlantic, is
sponsoring the flight 1
"I'm not confident of
success because of confidl
what I'm trying to do ... success
We calculate that I will Success
be able to complete the of what I'
flight and have a suc-
cess, but it will be very to do.
close."
Fossett was set to
take off from the Ste
'Kennedy Space Center will be tryir
in Florida early today
on the 27,012-mile non-
stop trip around the world, and then on
to London. in a spindly experimental.
airplane that helped him break a dif-
ferent record last year: It's the first time
an experimental airplane built by the

immediate health hazard to
FGUA's customers, said
Utilities Regulatory Director
Robert Knight.
As part of the purchase. FGLUA
took ownership of the water
and/or sewer systems in Apache
Shores. Citrus Springs, Golden
Terrace, Gospel Island. Lakeside
Cotmtry Club. Oak ForestL Pine
Ridge, Point 0' Woods. Rose-
montLRolling 'Green, Spring
Gardens and Sugarmill Woods.
Donald Cox, a WWA board
member: said records show the
water systems in Citrus
Springs and Pine Ridge are ap-
proaching capacity. He wanted
to know if FGUA was prepared
to add water-pumping capacity.
Charles Sweat, FGUA's
director..of operations, said a.
test well has already beeiltug
in Citrus Spiings. and construc-
tion of a production well at the
same location will take place
this year: He said FGUA does-
n't low yet if it will add one or
two more wells in the Citrus
Springs-Pine Ridge area.
In other business:
The board voted 5-0 to
have FGUA investigate a com-
plaint by Michael Castricone
that Citrus Springs water line
near his home passes tLirough
a drainage retention pond.
Castricone said if the water
pipe were to break it could be
contaminated with stormwater:
Castricone has also com-
plained for two years that
Florida Water Services
allowed diesel fuel to spill on
the 'ground near water well
three. He is concerned it may
contaminate the water. He
mentioned the problem again.
but W WA took no action.
WWA instructed Knight to
draft a proposed policy on how,
residents would be charged for
water lost when water pipes
break. Utilities handle the mat-
ter in different ways.

got into an argument in the car
as they were leaving the festiv-
ities. Reportedly, Buskirk
punched the car's windshield
and backhanded the woman
across the face.,
Upon arriving at his home,
Buskirk reportedly grabbed a
cordless telephone so the
woman could not contact law
enforcement. She was able to
retrieve another phone, but she
contends that Buskirk hit her in
the face. Reportedly, Buskirk
then put the woman over his
shoulder as he tried to wrestle
the phone from her hands.
The woman told deputies
that she bit Buskirk on the
head at this time in an attempt
to get free. Buskirk then
dropped the woman, grabbed

some of the stores later this
year, the chain said Monday.
Lakeland-based Publix said
it has signed an agreement
with The Little Clinic, based in
Louisville, Ky., to open clinics
in some stores by midyear.
Publix spokeswoman Maria

_NASA center.
Last March. Fossett
became the first person
to fly solo nonstop,-
'm not without refueling,
around the globe in 67
ent of hours in the Virgin
Atlantic Global Flyer
because experimental plane,
mt flnd which has 18,000
I trying pounds of fuel at take-
off. During the trip, he
lost 3,100 pounds of fuel
from a leak but still
ve Fosset landed with a reserve
ig to beat a flight of 1,500 pounds of fuel.,
record. The amount of fuel
reserve left over made

Fossett realize that the plane hadn't
flown to its full capacity and wasn't
ready for retirement to the
Smithsonian ,National. Air and ,Space
Museum.

"We have designed this flight to use
the full capability of this airplane, to fly
further than any plane has ever flown."
Fossett said. .
If Fossett completes. this 3 1/2-day
trip, he will surpass the previous air-
plane record of 24,987 miles set in 1986,
as wqll as a balloon record of 25,361
miles'set in 1999.
The trip requires permission. from:
nations around the globe. Libya was the
first nation to grant permission, but
Fossett's team is still waiting for
approval from China and Iran. Fossett
said he expects China's permission and
has an alternate route if Iran doesn't
agree to the flight path.
Not only will Fossett have to over-
come fuel concerns and sleep depriva-
tion aided only by five-minuite naps dur-
ing the flight, but his plane will be buf-
feted by the jietstream in which he
needs to fly to get the maximum dis-
tance.

-- ~
_ i 1 ^ M l *-.?H. w ,, ^w ^-^yf*

MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle
Leonard Powell Inc. employee Eugene Trofin smoothes out wet cement Monday afternoon near
the corner of U.S. 41 and Eden Drive in Inverness. He and a crew of five other men from the
company poured and finished sidewalks and curbing as part of the highway-widening project.

both phones so she could not
contact authorities, packed his
belongings and left.
Deptities noted that the
woman's face was red and
beginniiig to sw-ell and they
also reported a cut on her hip,
from being dropped to the'
ground.
When questioned by
deputies, Buskirk was report-
edly intoxicated and claimed
he had done nothing wrong.
Buskirk contended that the
woman had hit and bit him:
Deputies could not discern any
facial injuries on Buskirk's
face to corroborate his account
of the altercation. Deputies,
did, however, note that Buskirk
had a small cut on his head
from the bite.

Brous said it hasn't been deter-
mined how many clinics will be
opened initially nor whether
the concept will be expanded
beyond the three cities.
The Little Clinic health care
centers will be staffed by nurse
practitioners.

Audubon meeting

to focus on herons

Chronicle

The Citrus County Audubon
Society's meeting Monday, Feb.
20, will focus on herons and'
egrets, some of the most beau-
tiful and recognizable bird
species in the state.
Ann Paul, with Audubon's'
Florida Coastal Islands San-
ctuaries, will introduce atten-
dees to the birds and present
details concerning their biolo-
gy, behavior and population
status, as well as the conserva-
tion initiatives to protect them.
The listed heron species.
snowy egret, little blue heron,
tricolored heron and reddish
egret will be highlighted.
. The society's last meeting,
featuring a talk on bats, was
deemed a hit with members.
Thanks .to Lowe's donations,
two local residents, Bob Silvia
of Crystal River and Leonard
Saunders of Citrus Springs,
now have new bird feeders and
bat houses to encourage more
wildlife to frequent their yards.
The group welcomes all who

are interested in the environ-
ment in general or birds in par-
ticular.
The meeting will be in the
Jerome Multipurpose Room at
the Lecanto campus of Central
Florida Community College at
3800 S. Lecanto Highway,
(County Road 491).
Meetings begin at 7 p.m. In
addition to the program, there
will be a report on a bird and
bird-friendly plant of the
month, as well as a raffle.
For information about future
programs and bird walks, call
Ginger Privat at 249-4495.

Browne-Waite
to visit Iraq
U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-
Waite, R-Crystal River, will travel
this week to
Iraq as part of
a Congres-
sional delega- .
tion to see
firsthand the
conditions on -
the ground
and to meet .
with military Rep. Ginny
and political Browne-
leaders. Waite
This is
Brown-Waite's second trip to
Iraq.
Republican House members
Chris Shays (Connecticut), John
Doolittle California) and
Katherine Harris (Florida) will
join Brown-Waite on the trip.
Senator to add to
Code of Ethics bill
State Sen. Mike Fasano, R-
New Port Richey, will file legisla-
tion that requires all statewide
public office holders to place
their financial investments in ,
either a mutual fund or a blind
trust, according'to a press
release. The legislation will also
explicitly prohibit the official from
attempting to influence or exer-
cise control over decisions
regarding the management of
assets in a blind trust.
Fasano said he hopes this
new law will prevent actions by.
state officials that could poten-
tially violate the public trust.
Fasano plans to add the new
language to Senate Bill 880,
which is titled Code of
Ethics/Public Officers. SB 880
was filed by Fasano so that
employees at quasi-governmen-
tal entities, such as Citizens
Property Insurance Corporation,
will be required to follow the
same "revolving door" laws that
apply to state employees. SB
880 is currently working its way
through the Senate committee
process.
More manatees
in new count
.Staff from the Crystal River
National Wildlife Refuge count-
ed 438 manatees during an aer-
ial survey on Monday. The sur-
vey route stretches from the
Cross Florida Barge Canal, near
Inglis, south to the Homosassa
River. Included along this route
are the Crystal River, Kings Bay,
Salt River and the Homosassa
River, which includes the Blue
Waters.
Today's count:
King's Bay 235 adults
and 24 calves.
Crystal River- One adult.
Power Plant Discharge
Canal 35 adults and four
calves.
Homosassa River (Blue
Waters) 112 adults and 12
calves.
Lower Homosassa River
12 adults and three calves.
This is a new record count for
the 2005-06 season. The previ-
ous record was 430 recorded on
Dec. 21, 2004.
-From staff reports

Special to the Chronicle
The Citrus County Sheriff's Office honored its officers and
community members Jan. 30 during its 2005-06 Annual
Awards Ceremony at the Citrus Springs Community Center.
From left are: Sgt. Phil Royal, Deputy Nancy Suto and Deputy
Chuck Kanehl, who received the Unit Citation of Excellence
award for their efforts in researching, developing and imple-
menting the most- progressive, realistic law enforcement
training available.

tives G. Alan Bell, ERA
Suncoast Realty; James and
Geraldine Boone; Sandy
Ferrara, Ferrara's Deli;
Mike and Kautia Hampton;
Greg Rodrick, ERA
Suncoast Realty; Eddie
Stoermer; and Dave
Williams received recogni-
tion for their partnership
with the sheriff's office.
Sheriff Dawsy also
acknowledged all of the offi-
cers from various agencies
that played, a significant
role in the Jessica Lunsford
case.
The Citizens' Academy
Alumni Association provid-
ed dinner and the students
of the WTI Culinary Arts
Program prepared the
meals.

SPIRIT'
Continued from Page 1A

If his considerable dedication
to Hospice wasn't enough, Maw-
hinney served on the executive
boards of the Citrus United
Basket (CUB), Citrus Abuse
Shelter Association (CASA) and
was president of Citrus County
Learn to Read for two years.
"What he meant to me per-
sonally was the world," said
Citrus United Basket director
Nola Gravius said. "He's
helped CUB financially, but
more importantly, with his
heart and his mind. He helped
us grow and he's the one who
helped get us here today.
Gravius recalled meeting
Mawhinney' for the first time a
decade ago. When Mawhinney
showed up to see if he could
volunteer, Gravius was in quite
a bind due to a lack of food
donations.
"Sure enough a check came
from Tom Mawhinney," Gravius
said, "He just knew what need-
ed to be done. He was such a
kind and generous man. I've
never met a man like him."
Mawhinney was born May 23,
1919, in Maple Shade, N.J., to
Mary Teresa Kenny and Thomas
Andrew Hammersley Mawhin-
ney In 1940, Mawhinney earned-
his Bachelor of Arts degree from
Swarthmore College in
Pennsylvania. While at Swarth-
more, Mawhinney played foot-
ball and was the captain of the
swim team.
Mawhinney furthered his
studies with graduate school-
Work at the famed Wharton
School at the University of
Pennsylvania and at the
University of Toronto.
He also served in the U.S.
Army Field Artillery from 1941
to 1943, retiring from service as
a Second Lieutenant.
Professionally. Mawhinney

had a 36-year career with
Philadelphia Quartz Company
- later named PQ Corp. a
corporation known as a global
leader in silicate chemistry and
technology. During his time
with PQ Corp., Mawhinney was
a buyer, before becoming a sta-
ple of the company's wholly
owned subsidiary, National
Silicates Ltd., in Toronto,
Canada. He was a corporate
secretary as well the manager
of operations and purchasing.
In 1981, Mawhinney retired to
Inverness, a place he had been
visiting annually since 1947.
During the quarter-century
he lived here, Mawhinney man-
aged to touch many people with
his compassion and genuine
willingness to lend, a hand.
"I met him because he was
interested in being a board
member, and even though
there was a big age difference
between me and him, he was
really a friend," CASA director
Diana McIntosh said.
McIntosh recalled that
despite losing his eyesight in
the last two years, Mawhinney
never missed a meeting and
was always trying his best to
contribute what he could.
"I used to take him chocolate
shakes when I went to go visit
him and I would always drive
him home after meetings," an
emotional Mcliitosh said. "It'll
be hard not to see him. I feel like
something's missing if I can't
take him home afterwards."
Jean Grant. Citrus County
Fair manager and CUB board
member, recalled that Maw-'
hinney never minced words
and always spoke his mind.
and said that his presence was
one that commanded respect
"I called him Silver Tongue."
she said. "He was one who
could calm people with just a
few words. He believed that
hostilities were counterpro-
ductive he didn't put up with
any ofthat."

HOLLINS
Continued from Page 1A

policies that will form a devel-
opment
In the "Vision Statement" in
that overlay plan released
Monday, the family said of the
future development: "We see it
as a vibrant economic base
appealing to tourists, but, pro-
viding a unique local place to
,access the Gull' relieving
,pressure on nearby rivers and
supportingg boating, fishing and
eco-tourism."
.Today the property is part of
a mining and timber operation
owned by Citrus Mining &
Timber-, and run by Dixie
Hollins, who for many years
ran the sprawling Hollinswood
Ranch, located west of U.S. 19
in the northwest corner of
Citrus.
Hollins has referred to the
plan before, and it's part of the
family's long-range intent, to
convert the mining and timber
property into a mix of residen-
tial commercial and industrial
uses when the mining opera-
tions are finished, probably in
25 or 30 years.

The tract is about 1,500
acres, and the county and state
require more extensive plan-
ning for developments of that
size. Hollins is even doing the
kind of planning normally used
for even larger tracts.
Natural advantage?
In an executive summary of
"Part One, Current Circum-
stances," of the :overlay pl an is
the. following statement regard-
ing the use of the canal: "It is
expected that the number of
boats and the demand for
water access.will only increase
in the future. Most other water-
ways in Citrus County are con-
strained by natural features
and habitat, private docks lin-
ing both sides of the river and
exiting boat traffic. The Cross
Florida Barge Canal has none
of these constraints."
The Hollins' long range plan
summary also stated, that the
family is working on a deal
'with the state in which they
would release the mineral
rights on land where the state
wants to put a very large boat
ramp facility on the canal,
directly to the east of the fami-
ly's property. It would be part
of the overall development
rights agreement.

For the RECORD-- -

Citrus County Sheriff
Domestic battery
a Issac Luna Jr., 41, Inverness,
at 6:24 pim. on a charge of domes-
tic battery.
No bond was set.
According the arrest report, Luna
got into an argument with a woman,

which escalated into him shoving
her and striking her in the face.
No bond was set.
Arrest
Matthew Damien Johnson,
21, at 2:30 a.m. Monday on a
charge of marijuana possession.
He was released on his own
recognizance.

In addition, the summary
said there are some limited.
environmental features that
the mining will unavoidably
impact, though it said that the
impacts were small and there
were' multiple mitigation
opportunities available on
other properties the family has
options.on. That, too, would be
part of the overall develop-
,ment permits for the overlay
plan.
The vision statement said
that though it was 'too soon to
say'wh, .kind of industriall
activity would be located on
the property, whatever it was
would ensure that future gen-
erations would have jobs' to

allow them to stay and work in
Citrus County The statement
also said the family expects to
have general commercial
interests along U.S. 19 with
businesses and retail providing
services and goods for years to
come.
When the mining is finally
done, according to the vision
statement, it is reasonable to
expect people to still be discov-
ering Citrus County and the
beauty of the, Hollinswo q
a r a. : .. ... .. . .. :
'A home at Hollinswood will
provide a unique opportunity
to appreciate wildlife, water
and more," the vision state-
ment said.

To contact us regarding your service:
563-5655
Call for redelivery: 6 to 11 a.m. Monday through FrIday
6:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday
Call with questions: 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
6:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday
Main switchboard phone numbers:
Citrus County 563-6363. Citrus Springs, Dunnellon and Marion
County residents, call toll-free at 1-888-852-2340
I want to place an ad:
To place a classified ad: Citrus 563-5966
Marion 1-888-852-2340
To place a display ad: 563-5592
To place an online display ad: 563-3206 or e-mail us at
nccsales@chronicleontlne.com
I want to send Information to the Chronicle:
MAIL IT TO US The Chronicle, P.O. Box 1899, Inverness, FL 34451
FAX IT TO US Advertising- 563-5665, Newsroom 563-3280
E-MAIL IT TO US Advertising: aidvertising@chronicleonline.comr
Newsroom: newsdesk@chronicleonline.com
e r Where to find us:
Meadowcrest office Inverness office

Complimentary meal will be served. Seating is limited,
so please make your reservations now by calling toll-free
(877)NEALCFP (632-5237)

GuinmllenFinancial

Cal ad mnton.hi.adfo a riat

dfjgL -1-UESDAY, kEBRLARY /, .4UL)O

And though a forthright
speaker, Mawhinney wasn't one
to rub anyone the wrong way
"He was very interested in
what was going on around him
and what people around were
doing," Grant said. "He was the
kind of person that you could
talk to about anything. I just
found him to be a great person
to be around. He made you feel
good about yourself."
While he had no qualms
about opening his wallet to
support his causes, Mawhinney
was really known for devoting
time to his causes and was
revered for his astuteness and
overwhelming intellect.
"The guy was a wealth of
knowledge, and that kind of
wisdom is hard to come by,"
Palumbo said. "Many of us
came to really love him."
To talk to those who knew
him is to know that Mawhinney
was a man who left his mark on
all he met, and he's the kind of
person that won't be forgotten
any time soon.
"He'll be missed," McIntosh
said. "To know him was to love
him. I'm sure everyone who
knew him has nice things to say
about him."
Mawhinney was preceded in
death by his wife. Norma
Lofquist Mawhinney.
Survivors include, his
daughter: Janice: his son. Tom
Jr:: and his grandsons, Michael
and Eric Dineen.
A service celebrating his life
will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at
Chas. E. Davis Flineral Home,
Inverness. with recently retired
Associate Pastor Harvey Dunn
of the Inverness Church of God
presiding.
Memorial donations in Maw-
hinney's name can be made to
Citrus United Basket, 210 N.
Apopka, Inverness: Citrus Abuse
Shelter Association, 112 N. Pine
Ave., Inverness; .or Hospice of
. Citrus County, 3350 W Audubon
Park Path. Lecanto.

CiTRus CouNTY (FL) CHRoNicLE

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2006 5A

CAITRUS COUNTYII(PL) CRNIL

BUDGET
Continued from Page 1A

Moderate Republicans such
as' Sen. Arlen Specter of
Pennsylvania and Olympia
'Snowe of Maine recoiled at
tuts to social programs, while
'farm state conservatives blast-
ed cuts in crop payments.
Specter said proposals for edu-
cation and health spending
were "scandalous.".
Major initiatives like making
Bush's landmark tax cuts per-
manent arid' providing $52 bil-
lion in health care tax breaks
through 2011 face challenges of
their own. Every year, Bush has
called.for making his 2001 and
2003 tax cuts permanent.
Congress has yet to do so.
Most of Bush's tax cuts
expire in 2010. Extending them
,would cost $120 billion in 2011
arind $1.2 trillion from 2012-
2016.'
The White House credits
Bush's tax cuts for fueling eco-
8m.inth o, growth and surging rev-
enues'despite high fuel prices,
last year's devastating hurri-
canes and the recession and
terrorist attacks of 2001.
"Those tax cuts are essefitial.
toward sustaining the good
'economic g growth we have
now," said White House Budget
Director Joshua Bolten. "The
most important thing we can do
with our federal budget is keep
a good, strong. growing econo-'
my that's generating jobs."
The budget plan projects
deficits on a dowviiward trajec-
tory, especially wlien meas-
ured against the size of the
economy and meets, at least on
paper, Bush's 2004 promise to
cut the deficit in half. Thlatyear
Bush projected a $521 billion
deficit and promised to cuftthat

12007 FEDERAL BUDGET|

Agency expenditures under Bush's plan
Change What each agency would spend next year under President
from Bush's budget proposal, compared with this year:
2006

in half by 2009.
Bush projects a 2009 deficit
of $208 billion, but that
depends on Congress accept-
ing all of his spending cut pro-
posals. His budget also leaves
out the long-term costs of occu-
pying Iraq and MAfghanistan.
which are impossible to pre-
dict with certainty.
With the increases for the
Pentagon, this year's Iraq and
AfMhanistani war costs. aidnew
tax cuts for 'health care: the
budget shows that deficits over
the five years ending in 2011
would total nearly $1.2 trillion.

Democrats charged that the
real picture is worse and that
Bush was understating future
deficits, by leaving out major
items such' as the long-term
costs of the Iraq war and per-
manently fixing the alternative
minimum so it doesn't hit more
middle-class families.
"It explodes deficits, but.
then conceals them by provid-
ing only five years of numbers
and leaving out large costs,"
said Sen. Kent Conrad of Notlh
Dakota, 'senior Democrat on
the Senate Budget Comm itlee.
"The result will be inore debt

passed on to our children."
For mandatory programs
providing fixed benefits such
as Medicare, farm subsidies
and Medicaid and whose
spending rises each year as if
on autopilot, Bush is proposing
$65 billion in savings over the
next five years, much of it from.
the rapidly growing Medicare
program for the elderly.
The proposal would reduce
spending on Medicare over the
next five years by $36 billion, or
less than 2 percent Most of the
reductions would come from
smaller inflation adjustments
for hospitals, nursing homes,
home health care providers and
hospices: Higher-income seniors
would see increased premiums.
Bush's Medicare plan largely
follows the recommendations
of a bipartisaii Medicare ad\i-'

-, I

TRAIL '
Continued from Page 1A

Mueller said. "I'm glad they're
able to add ithe trail) to tilhe
area."
'Mitchell said without the
DOT funding, the trail plan
Should never have come true.
"I never, dreamed it would
4m''.''

happen because of the costs
involved," he said:
Mitchell now hopes linking
two area attractions will gener-
.ate more visitors. With such
features as a swimming and
picnic area, a primitive camp-
ground and nature trails, con-
necting Fort Cooper to the bike
trail will give people more,
options, Mitchell said.
Tammy Roberts, the park's

"I have no board authoriza-
A *:" .. :tion whatsoever to talk about
Si :swapping land around
Continued from Page. A,. Bluebird Springs," Wesch said.
S.. "We did not agree to that. We
etwee tnyingyi to satis- did not put that land on ,the
ite agencies. table."
lorida Department, of Wesch said hle told Phelps he
mental Protection,' was ,not supporting such a
licenses thle landfill, swap. Phelps said Wesch told
countym to install long- her to write the state in oppo-
nitoriniig wells at the sition to the trade, but she is
he landfill on forestry worried the swap could take
monitor. for signs of place in spite of Wesch's state-
methane and chemi- ment.
Inactive subdivision
ding to the county's f Keith Mlousel. resource
the Division of .administrator for the Division
asked the county to of Forestry in Brooksville, said
and in Homosassa in the property he wants is part of
for granting the sub- an inactive subdivision- called
he agency said the Homosassa Villa. He said the
property, would give it 301/2 acres is scattered around
*cess from U.S. 19 to Homosassa. Some of it is in Old
nosassa..Tract of the Homosassa ahd some of it is
ochee State Forest. near Bluebird Springs Park,
county Administrator but he said it comes as news to
Wesch said the county him that the laid was set aside
interest in the for the future expansion of the
ssa land swap. He said park
interest in -the Homosassa Villa is a subdivi-
,sa trade when he and sion that was largely undevel-
unty staffers looked at hoped. Many of the lots reverted
s and disco\ ered some to county ownership when the
nd was near Bluebird taxes, were not paid. Some of
those lots would give the
said the county's main agency direct access from U.S.
s in trading 50 acres of 19 to. the Homosassa Tract,
owns inside the Mousel said.
ochee State Forest for If access is the issue, Wesch'
rm sublease with the said the county would be will-
of Forestry. ing to work with the Division of:

administrative assistant,
.agrees, saying a family would
now be able to come to the park
to eat lunch, and then bike on
the ti-ail.
S"We're kind of hoping,"
Roberts said, "some of the peo-
ple I ho never really lkiew \ we
were here, or took the time to
ever come into this park, will
jump off the bike trail and see
what's in the park."

Forestry on providing an ease-
ment to the Homosassa Tract,
but ihe said lie doesn't believe
the lots near,Bluebird Springs
Would' ever bL part of 'lie deal.
"We didn't open the discus-
siOn, about that arid e didn't

H.-

The new trailhead for the
park, which will be located less
than a half-mile south of the
Citrus County Speedway \ill
include an information sign
and a marker. Mitchell also
said there will be an "iron
ranger," or an honor system
box, where people will pay a
$1-per-person entrance fee to
the park
'.Mitchell noted visitors com-

put it on the table," Wesch said.
"'Quite frankly it would be hard
to convey those, lots, some of
which 'are environmentally
sensitive. Asloiig'i they arein
county ownership. w\e know
what is going on with them."

sory panel, but the cuts
'nonetheless generated howls
of outrage from Democrats and
industry groups. I
"Hospitals already are
stretching scarce resources to
respond to the daily challenges
of providing care to all who
come through our doors," said
Dick Davidson, president of,
the American Hospital
Association. 'Cuts to these
resources,will have a negative
impact on the availability of
care for the patients and com-
munIities \reserve."
Congress already rejected
many of Bush budget cut pro-
posals when it sent him a $39
billion deficit cut package last
week, but they showed up
again in his 2007 blueprint. For
example. Bush again asked for
a 5 percent.cut in crop pay-

ing to the park in a car pay a $2
fee at the main entrance.
The new trail \I ill be paved
with asphalt, will be 10 feet
wide,; he said, and will lead
through forest that includes
oak, pigie trees and other vege-
tation. It will also connect to
the pa rk's existing nature'
trails,.parts of which ruiln paral-
lel to the park's Lake
Holathlikaha.

ments to farmers and tighter
eligibility for food stamps.
The president may find more
success in tamping down domes-
tic agency operating budgets that
take up about one-sixth of the
federal pie. Last year, Bush suc-
cessfully forced Congress to nar-
, rowly cut such spending afid his
2007 plan proposes a more than
,1 percentcut in domestic agency
operating budgets.
Those cuts are magnified
since the budget proposes $3
billion in new fees next year to
finance new spending else-
where. Once again, better-off
veterans are again being asked
to make higher co-payments for
prescription drugs and pay a
new $250 annual enrollment fee
for their medical care. Congress
has rejected both three years in
a row.

Work on the trail extension is
expected to finish by mid-
April.
For Mitchell, seeing the trail
get completed will be almost
unbelievable. The park's vol-
unteer group Friends of Fort
Cooper has been trying for
years, he said, to get the money
to build the trail.
Added Mitchell, "It's really a
dream come true for them."

Home Equity Line of Credit
Prime minus 1/2%'
for the life of any transactions
that post to your account in
the first 30 days.

Home Equity Line of Credit
Rates as low as
Prime minus 1/4%'
on any transactions that post to
your account after the first 30 days.

$100 Cash Back'
for a limited time only, when you
open a Home Equity Line of Credit

LOANS

Open a Honje Equity Line of Credit that you can use whenever
you need'it. You can even convert all or a portion of your
balance to a fixed rate and term.

CHANCE TO WIN

* $1,000,000 You're automatically entered when you open an EQUIITY account'
Or a $10,000 prize winner eery week for 15 weeks
All weekly $10,000 winners will also WIN a trip to Orlando, Florida

AIMSOUnH'*BANK
THE RELATIONSHIP PEOPLE"

1-888-IN-A-SNAP I amsouth.com I Or visit any branch

',2006 AmSouth ank Member FDIC Ohers ana rates are subject to tnange without notice Sublict to credit approval 'Variable rate of Prime minus I '2'. (currently 7 000. Annual Percentage Rate
(APR) of 2 1 t.'i ,s aaiiable for transactionss that Dost to our homrre equity Ine ol credit lor the first 30 day, the account s.t open unless your account becomes 61 days past due at which
point the promotional rate of Prime minus 1 2%'i will reier to the standard rate calculated as described below Also Prime minus 1, 2I. ofler is available only for loan to value ranos under
90 a. On transac,.on. that boost after the first 3(i day the vaviable APt at 80', loan to i.alue and first IEn Doillion .s 5s low a& Puime minus 1;'4%. current $ 25%- APR aG o1 2. 1 6 I" "standard
rate"). 'our APR will be based on s-eeral factors including your credit history loan amount and home value and may De higher than the raie 'set out above A higrhe loan co value ratio will
result in a higher APR The ma'irnum APR is 18 eceot in Ir.ioria wnere it is 1 7 Closing costs are estimated to range between $150 and $1500, depending on the amount ol tour home equity line,
and ar? 'waied lor Ines up to 100.000. If you terminate your .ne vilnh.n 90 day:f rom the opening date. closing costs Daid by AmSouth will be charged back to your line Properry insurance will be
reQuired. The annual fee of $5fi is halvedd a' long as you mal'e at least one advance per year on your account II you cloe your Credit Line Account during the hfirs three years after the opening dare
lor an treasor, other than ihE iale of ,our property. a preraoiTent pnalry will b e imposed as follows 5300 in the nfir year. $200 in the second year. and 1100 in the rh.rd year exceptt in Louis-ana)
Offer available ior a limited time only Your cash bonus will be paid to you by either cah'.er i check or a credit to your home equity line account after the rescission period ends Contact your AmSouth
banker for details. 'Subject to i set up lee and other restriction, 'NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Sweepsalkes open only to
legal residents ofAL, FL, GA. LA. MS, TN and VA who are 18 years of age or older .or 19 or older. if Alabama resident) at time of entry Void where prohibited taxed or restricred Sweepstakes
runs 1 'Q,06 through 4 24 06 You will be automatically entered when you open a new checking or equlr> accounL or to enter without opening a new account mail a 3" x 5" card to Million Dollar
Your Kind of Bank Sweepstakes PO Box 2015. MascouLah. IL o2258 0215. 15 Weekly Prizes $10 uu00 and the option tO receive a trip to Florida and the chance to win the 51.000.000 Grand Prize
(in lieu of the 510.00) Weekly Prize) Weekly Pri;.e Winner i must be ore'ent al the BIG EVENT to be eligible to win the Grand Prize Odds of winning each Weekliy Drawing depend on tne total
number of eligible entries received Odds of winrnng Grand Pr.ze 1 1 1i00 Subject to Official Rules available at www amsouth com. The approximate retail value (ARV) of all Prizes including
travel 51.160 250 Sponsor AmmScuth Bancorporation Birnmingham AL ,,5'1

v

OF,

. J..kaw

,IT ,p, v,,,T17

CARY 7 CUT L20) C--

6A TUESDAY, FEBRU

Charles
Bullock, 29
BEVERLY HILLS
Charles John Bullock, 29,
Beverly Hills, died Sunday,
Feb. 5, 2006, at his home.
He was born May 17, 1976', in
Leesburg to Barbara (Woods)
and Gibson Bullock and moved
to Beverly Hills from Cocoa
seven. years ago.
Mr. Bullock was. the vice
president of operations at
Aqua Scape Pools & Spa.
His sister, Angie .Marie
Bullock, preceded him in
death in 1995. ,
Survivors, include his father
and stepmother, Gibson and
Lesa Bullock of Dunnellon; his
mother, Barbara Thomashef-
sky of Daytona Beach; one
daughter, Dakota Alexis Coutts
of Homosassa; paternal grand-
parents, Charles and Betty
Bullock of Dunnellon; paternal
great-grandmother, Essie Mae
Higginbotham; one brother,
Clinton Bullock of Dunnellon;
three aunts, Freddie Bullock of
Dunnellon, Cynthia Hickman
of Bushnell and Phyllis
Johnson of Bushnell, one
uncle, David Buillock of Dun-
nellon; and several cousins.
Brown Funeral Home and
Crematory, Crystal River.

Carole Calef, 68
CRYSTAL RIVER
Carole L. Calef, 68, Crystal.
River, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2006,
at Seven Rivers Regional
Medical Center in Crystal River.
She was born Oct. 6, 1937, in
Lynn, Mass., to Horace and
Gertrude Rossi. Mrs. Calef,
along with her husband and
mother, moved to Crystal River
in 1999 from there.
She was a teachers' aide
assistant for Thorpe Elemen-
tary School of Danvers,- Mass.,
of 16 years and Lynn, Mass.,:
Schools for nine years.
She was a Eucharistic minis-
ter and usher of Holy Family
Church in Lynn and a member
of the Altar and Rosary Society
of St Benedict Catholic Church
in Crystal River.
She was preceded in death
by her husband of 44 years,
Richard Calef, June 21, 2002,
and her mother, Gertrude
Rossi, June 20, 2005.
Survivors include two sons,
Dennis Calef of Farmersville,
Ohio, and David Calef of
Clermont: one daughter,
Dorene Calef of New ,Port
Riche.v; and six grandchildren.
Strickland Funeral Home.
Crystal River.

Frances
Cannon, 61
HOMOSASSA
Frances Jane Cannon, 61,
Homosassa, died Friday, Feb. 3,
2006, in Homosassa.
Born Dec. 14, 1944, ih
Flolala, Ala., daughter to
Master Sgt. Henry Vernon and
Martha Lovette (Nobles) Can-
non, she moved here in 1994
from Houston, Texas. She was
an "Air Force Brat." Her family
lineage in the United States
predates the Revolutionary

A-

U

War period.
She graduated from Bay
County High School, Panama
City, and received her bache-
lor's degree in marketing at the
University of South Florida,
Tampa.
Prior to becoming disabled,
she was employed as a land
analyst with Vision and Elkins
Company, Houston, Texas.
She enjoyed her extensive
time on the Internet, where she
was known by the name of
Monk, and she established
worldwide friends through the
Internet and was known for her
card playing on the Internet
She was known by her family as
a "cutthroat card player" and
for her great sense of humor.
She was a world traveler who
especially enjoyed cruises.
She was an accomplished
artist of various forms of
needlework, including tatting.
I She was a life member of the
Order of Eastern Star and she
was Baptist.
Survivors include two broth-
ers, James Cannon of Los'
Angeles, Calif., and 'Fred
Cannon of Jacksonville Beach;
three nephews, Jamie Cannon
and Patrick Cannon both of
Jacksonville Beach and Robert
Cannon of Los Angeles, Calif.;
and one niece, Camille Cannon
of Savannah, Ga.
Fero Funeral Home, Beverly
Hills.

Kathleen 'Kate'
Dcwoccc, 67
CRYSTAL RIVER
Kathleen A. "Kate" Deweese,
67, Crystal River, died Sunday,
Feb. 5, 2006, at Cypress Cove
Care Center, Crystal River.
She was born Aug. 21, 1938,
in Detroit, Mich,; to Kenneth
and Evelyn Bennett and moved
to this area one year ago from,
Taylor, Mich.
She was a homemaker and
enjoyed arts and crafts.
She was Catholic.
Survivors include two sons,
Mitchell Deweese of Inglis and
Keith Deweese of Chicago, Ill.;
brother, Kenneth Bennett Jr. of
Taylor, Mich.; sister, 'Sharon
Sosnowski of Brighton, Mich.;.
and one grandson, Ty Jacob
Dewdese.
Private cremation arrange-
ments under the direction of
Strickland Funeral Home,
Crystal River.

Thomas
Mawhinney, 86
INVERNESS
Thomas Andrew Maw hi nney.
86, Inverness, died Saturday,
Feb. 4, 2006, at his home.
Mr. Mawhinney was born'
May 23,. 1919,
in Maple
Shade, N.J., to
Thomas and
Mary (Kenny)
Mawhinney
and moved
here in 1981 from Bervwyn, Pa.
He was a retired purchasing
agent and corporate officer for
the Philadelphia Quartz
Company and served in :the
U.S. Army Field Artillery 'dur-,
ing World War II.
Mr. Mawhinney was a member
and served on the board ofdirec-
tors for Citrus Abuse Shelter
Association and Citrus United
Basket He was also a member
and served as past president of
Hospice of Citrus County.
He was Protestant.
His wife, Norma Lofquist
Mawhinney, preceded him in:
death April 29,1990.
Survivors include his daugh-
ter, Janice Mawhinney of
Toronto, Oritario, Canada; his
son, Thomas A Mawhinney Jr.
of Kingston, Ontario, Canada;
and two grandsons, Michael
and Eric Dineen.
Chas. E. Davis Funeral Home
with Crematory, Inverness.

Mickey Smith, 59
MORRISTON
Mickey Dale Smith, 59,,
Morriston, died Thursday, Feb.
2, 200,6, at his home under the,'
care of his wife and Hospice.
Born June 1,. 1946, in.
Indianapolis, Ind., he moved
here 16 years ago from 'St.
Petersburg.
Mr. Smith was a tax account-
ant He was a graduate of St.
Petersburg Junior College, a'
member of the Presidential
Honor. Rqll Society, Phi Beta-
Kappa and Who's Who of St.
Petersburg Junior College.
* He served in the U.S. Navy
from 1963 to 1967.

After a diving accident in St.
Petersburg, leaving him "phys-
ically challenged," he went
back to Indianapolis for reha-
bilitation and rest, where he
and another pa-
tient would visit
four major hos-
pitals inP
Indianapolis to
give spinal
patients hope
and encourage-
ment. Mickey
appeared on a IVMickey
cable TV show Smith
in St. Peters-
burg to give
hope to others
in wheelchairs.
While working
as a greeter at
the Dunnellon Wal-Mart, he
brightened.many lives with his
smile and cheerful greeting.
Before moving from St.
Petersburg, he was a musician,
and still played the guitar and.
dobo (slide guitar).
His stepson, Carl H. Edge-
mon, preceded him in death..
Survivors include his wife,
Wendy L. Edgemon Smith of.
Morriston; stepson, Eric J.
Edgemon of Morriston; sister,
Donna Meboer of Indianapolis,
Ind.; and several nieces and
nephews..
Wilder Funeral Home,.
Homosassa Springs.

Karl Unglaub, 84
CRYSTAL RIVER
Karl T. Unglaub, 84, Crystal
River, died Saturday, Feb. 4,
2006.
A native of Germany, he
movecl here in 1984 from.
Milwaukee, Wis., where he
retired after 30 years as a
machinist for Pratt Company.
SHe served in World War II as
a fighter pilot with the Geirman
Air Force. In Germany he
enjoyed flying gliders.
Mr. :Unglaub moved to
Milwaukee in. 1954 from Ger-
many and became a United
States citizen in 1964.
He enjoyed fishing and was
"a family man."
He was a member of St.
Benedict Catholic Church,
Crystal River.
Survivors include his wife ofr
55 years; Eva Unglaub of Crystal
River; two sons, Ewald Unglaub
of Crystal River and Walter
Unglaub and wife Jill of Oak
Creek, Wis.; three sisters, Luise
Baier, Erika Ploss and Rosalinda
Langheinrich i,,and,, husband,
.Siegfried, all I inie i Germany;
nine nieces and two nephews.
Fero Funeral Home, Beverly
Hills. I

I
~

Edward
VanDerVliet Jr.,
70
HOMOSASSA
Edward VanDerVliet Jr., 70,
Homosassa, died Saturday,
Feb. 4, 2006, at Seven Rivers
Regional Medical Center in-
Crystal River.
He was bom rn
June 2, 1935, in
Paterson, N.J.,
to Edward and
Elsie VanDer-
VIiet Sr., and
moved to this area two years
ago from Myakka City.
Mr. VanDerVliet retired, as
foreman for the City of
Sarasota Vehicle Maintenance.
He was a U.S. Army veteran
serving in the Korean War.
He was a member of the
Loyal Order of The Moose in
Arcadia and a past member of
the Fraternal Order of Eagles
in Sarasota.
He was Methodist.
Survivors include his wife of
`43 years, Felicia VanDerVliet of
Homosassa; three sons, Edward
VanDerVliet III of Ithaca, N.Y,
Kenneth 'G. VanDerVliet of
Bushkill, Pa.,.:and Timothy J.
VanDerVliet of Palmetto; two
daughters, Karen Amadore of
Belvedere, N.J., and Patricia J.
Sarson of Palmetto; two sisters.
Clair Pruksinas of Brick, N.J.,
and Dorothy : VanLaera of
Clifton, N.J.: six grandchildren;
and two gieat-grandchildren.
Strickland Funeral Home,
Crystal River.

A native of Merrill,:Wis., he
moved here 15 years ago (in
1991) from Orlando.
Mr. Weber graduated from
Clayton High
School, St.
Louis, Mo., in
1940 and
served with
the U.S. Navy
as a B-24 Li-
berator tail gunner in the
Pacific during World War II.
He married Ruth Schmidt-
berger in 1948.
He worked for McDonnell
Aircraft Company in St. Louis,
Mo., for 34 years, until relocat-
ing to Orlando in 1979, where
he worked for Litton Industries
until his retirement in 1988.
f The Webers moved .to
Dunnellon in 1991. His wife,
Ruth, died in 2002..
Mr. Weber was an avid St.
Louis Cardinals fan and
enjoyed gardening and golf; He
was a retired basketball coach.
He was a member of the Dun-
nellon Presbyterian. Church.
Survivors include, one
daughter, Anne Heitmani 4nd
husband Robert of Mobile,
Ala.; one son, Mark Weber ofSt:
Louis, Mo.; grandson. Thomas
Weber of Mobile Ala.: and'
friend/significant other, Rita
DeRenzo.
The family suggests memori-
al contributions be made. to the
Memorial Garden Find of the
Dunnellon Presbyterian
Church or Romeo Elementary
School Media Center.
Fero Funeral Home,
Dunnellon.
Please see .'/Page7A

In Loving Memory of
Kyle Steven Pratt
10/15/82 2/7/04

Royal Caribbean orders largest passenger ship

Associated Press

MIAMI Royal Caribbean
International on Monday
ordered the world's largest and
most expensive cruise ship, a
.$1.24 billion vessel that will hold
up to 6,400 passengers. It's the
latest step in the industry trend
of .supersizing ships, which
delight many passengers but are
too crowded for other guests.
The ship, dubbed Project
Genesis, will be 220,000 gross
registered tons when it is deliv-
ered to the world's second-
largest cruise operator in fall
2009 by Oslo, Norway-based
shipbuilder Aker Yards. Gross
registered tons is a standard
way to measure a ship's size
and is a unit of volume equal to
about 100 cubic feet'
The ship: will weigh about
100,000 tons based on displace-
ment a Nimitz-class aircraft
carrier comes in at about
97,000 tons.
Aker said its contract price
of 900 million euros about $1
billion would be "the most
valuable ship ever ordered in
the history of commercial ship-
building." The $1.24 billion fig-
ure includes all expenses for
7 the ship, "from forks and
knives and sheets to artwork,
and everything else," said
Harri.'Kulovaara, the Miami-
based cruise line's executive
vice president of maritime
operations. I
Aker said the contract is con-
tingent on final approval of

DEATHS
Continued from Page 6A

Kathleen
Yanek, 77
BEVERLY HILLS
Kathleen L. Yanek, 77,
Beverly Hills, died Wednesday,
Feb. 1, 2006, in Lecanto.
Born Sept:;. 30, 1928, in
Detroit;Mich., to George W and
Catherine (Siller) Ruth, she
moved to this area in 1989 from
Clearxvater:
I Mrs. Yanek was a homemak-
er.
She was a charter member of
the Faith Lutheran Church,
Lecanto. i t
Survivors include her hus-
band of 57 years, Harlan Yanek
of Beverly Hills; son, Michael
Yanek of Old Town; daughter,
Linda Gillis of Davison, Mich.;
four grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren.
Friends who wish may send
memorial donations to the
American Cancer Society, PO.
Box 1902, Inverness, FL 34451
or Hospice of Citrus County,
:PQ Box 641270, Beverly Hills,
FL 34464.
Hooper Funeral Home,
Homosassa.
* Click on http://www.chroni-,
cleonline.com to view archived
local obituaries.

Funeral

NOTICES

Charles John Bullock.
Memorial services for Charles.
John Bullock, 29, Beverly Hills,
will be conducted at 11' a.m.
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, at the

4.50%

-. L -.ne ... . . .. - ..- .. .. ... S"

.-. . . .. . .. ,

Associated Press
In this undated handout image from Royal Caribbean International, Freedom of the Seas, the world's largest and most expensive cruise ship, is seen. Royal Caribbean
International has ordered a new cruise ship that will hold up to 6,400 passengers, Europe's largest shipbuilder, Aker Yards ASA, said Monday.

financing and the ship will be
built at one of its Finnish yards.
The cruise line, a unit of Royal
Caribbean Cruises Ltd., has an
option for a second ship.
"Project Genesis truly is a
remarkable ship. Its bold
design, daring innovations and
technological advancements
will delight our existing cruis-
ers and help us draw in new
ones," Richard Fain, the par-
ent company's chairman and
CEO, said in a statement
The announcement also
steals some of the spotlight
from rival Carnival Corp., the
world's largest cruise operator.
Carnival has studied building a
'ship about the same size, but its'
Pinnacle project is "on the back
burner" because of its prohibi-
tively 'high price, spokesman
Tim Gallagher said..
Kulovaara said in a phone
interview that the new ship

Brown Funeral Home in
Crystal River with Pastor
Randy Wilkerson of the Red
Level Baptist Church officiat-
ing. Private cremation will take
place under the direction of
Brown Funeral Home and
Crematory. Inurnment will be
in Daytona Beach at a later
date. ,
Carole L Calef. The memori-
al Mass for Carole L. Calef, 68,
Crystal River, will be celebrat-
ed at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8,
2006, at St. Benedict Catholic'
Church. Private cremation
arrangements are under the

will be more fuel efficient than
current vessels, but he
declined to give a specific fig-
ure. He said. plans for the types
of onboard amenities were
being finalized. Royal
Caribbean has been an innova-
tor in featuring ice skating
rinks, rock climbing walls and
surfing pools.
Royal Caribbean's ships are
typically more upscale than the
bargain Carnival Cruise Lines'
vessels, but they aren't as tradi-
tional as those of luxury carri-
ers such as Cunard.
Project Genesis will carry
5,400 passengers based on two
people per cabin, Kulovaara
said. But as most cruise cabins
can accommodate' more than
two people using cots or other
beds, that number rises to a
maximum capacity of 6,400.
Ray Weiller, an owner of dis-
count online travel agency

Cruisequickcom, said many of
his clients are drawn to the
ever-growing size and number
of amenities of ships, but oth-
ers tire of waiting in long lines
to get on and off the vessels.
Many complain about the large
ships overwhelming some
ports of call with too many peo-
ple trying to visit, he said.
Royal Caribbean still offers a
variety of ship sizes, so cus,-
tomers who don't like larger
vessels \ ill have other options,
Kulovaara said. The ship will
sail in the Caribbean, where
many ports already handle
megaships, but pqrts will need
some infrastructure improve-
ments to handle it, he said.
Carnival Corp.'s Cunard
Line currently has the world's
largest cruise ship the
Queen Mary 2 at 151,400
gross registered tons. But
Royal Caribbean is scheduled

memorial service will be con-
ducted at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
9, 2006, from the Chas. E. Davis.
Funeral Home of Inverness
with the Rev. Harvey Dunn offi-
ciating. Inurnment \vill follow
at a later date. There w ill be no
viewing hours at the funeral
home. In lieu of flowers, memo-

Aker Yards to create largest cruise ship
Royal Caribbean International has ordered the world's largest and
most expensive cruise ship, Project Genesis, from Aker Yards for
about $1 billion. Project Queen Freedom
Genesis Mary.2 of the Seas
Company Royal Carnival Royal
Caribbean Corp. Caribbean
Passengers 6,400 2,620 4,370
Length 1,181 ft. 1,132ft. 1,112 ft.

to get an even bigger ship in
June, the 160,000-ton Freedom
of the Seas. It will carry 3,600
passengers double occupancy
and 4,370 maximum.
Both will be .eclipsed by
Project Genesis. %which will be
1,180 feet long, 1.54 teet wide at
water level and 240 feet high.
Aker Yards employs about

13,000 people at 13 shipyards in
Norw ay, Finland, Germany,
Romania and Brazil.
Shares of Royal Caribbean
rose 9 cents to close at $44.39
Monday on the New York Stock
Exchange. The shipbuilder's
shares closed up 5.8 percent at
346.50 kroner ($51.91).1 on the
Oslo stock exchange.

Chapel. Entombment will fol-
low at Fero Memorial Gardens
Cemetery, Beverly Hills, under
the direction or Fero Funeral
Home \with Crematory, 5955 N.
Lecanto Highway. Beverly
Hills. Visitation will be from
noon until 2 p.m. service time
on Thursday, Feb. 9.

Cardiology thefocus
Special to the Chronicle
The Citrus County Center Theatre for
the Performing Arts Foundation and
the Healing and Health Now
Foundation are joining forces for an

exciting presentation from 5:30 to 10:30
Saturday at the Sugarmill Woods Golf
and Country Club. The public is invited
to attend.
Dr. Lingappa Amarchand, former
chief of staff at Brooksville and Spring
Hill Regional Hospitals, member of the
American Medical Association, the
Fellowship of Cardiology and Cardiac

Nuclear Imaging, and a graduate of the
American College of Cardiology, will be
the guest speaker at the "Loving Things
of the Heart" event He will pass along
information about healthier hearts, phys-
ically and emotionally.
Following dinner, great music will, be
provided by Take Two entertainers,
with popular soloist Pat Taylor, for lis-

tening and dancing.
This festive health learning opportu-
nity will also provide an opportunity for
those wearing red and white to win a
special prize. In addition, a diamond
bracelet will be awarded.
Tickets are $30 per person. Seating is.
limited. Call (352) 382-1929 for a reser-
vation.

It has been said
that life is a
classroom. Last
week, I was asked to
give the invocation
at a "Let's Do
Lunch" PEO lunch-
eon held at the
Sugarmill Woods
Golf and Country
Club.
It was an excel-
lent learning expe-
rience. I learned
that PEO is a

Ruth Levins
AROUND THE
COMMUNITY

"Philanthropic Educational
Organization," and that there
are four chapters in Citrus
County. The H-L chapter host-
ed the event and popular
Backintymers Frank and Mary
Lee Sweet entertained with
songs and stories from the Civil
War era. Mary Lee, a former
media specialist and elemen-.
tary school teacher who is

skilled in percussion,
including bones, tam-
bourine bodhran and
a dancing frog,
brought history to life
along with husband
Frank W Sweet- a his-
torian,I former com-
puter scientist and
accomplished banjo
and guitar artist
Dressed in authen-
tic costumes of the
era, they kept us in
awe of their mastery

of that period of history. The
rhythm bones instrument was
from Ireland. They spoke at
length of the colorful steam-
boat days when highways were
at a premium. The crowd
enthusiastically applauded the
"Glen D. Burke Steamboat
Song," written by Stephen
Foster, and soon we were invit-
ed to join in for the chorus.

There were many tall tales
that were told with convincing
amusement, including one
about a squirrel, a live oak tree,
a cypress knee and a cotton-
mouth water moccasin snake, a
15-pound bass and St.
Augustine Hot Pepper Sauce.
Florida's first railroad song
was written about Moses Levy,
who owned, 60,000 acres and
later was an Atlantic Coast
Line baron. Levy County was
named for him. David Levy of
Cedar Key was the first territo-
rial representative for Florida.
Railroads depended upon
three things: land grants, civil
engineers (Joe Finnegan) and
money (New York investors).
The first railroad was complet-
ed on March 1, 1861, and war
began the following day. There
was a continual struggle to
keep the tracks in place, with
differing factions pulling them

up and others replacing them
through the years, but the
roadbed is still there.
Robert E. Lee was the inspi-
ration for a popular tune of the
day: "There Is a Tavern in the
Town," which we were invited
to sing along to.
We learned that U.S. Grant
had borrowed $5 from his best
friend for a wedding ring, and
"Loraine" was an 1860 love
song written by a preacher.
My favorite song of the day
was "When You and I Were
Young, Maggie," written by a
Canadian school teacher in
1865.
There were stories of the
Florida feuds between the
Southern Barbour clan and the
Northern Mizelle Republican
clan, when judges also served
as county sheriffs, cattle
rustlers held shootouts and
Florida cow hunters lived on

hogs, hominy and whiskey and
cattle barons complained
about the Republican taxes
being the cause of much blood-
shed.
This. was the setting for
Stephen Foster's famous
"Camptown Races" song.
Marian Sandlas, president,
told us that PEO has con-
tributed more than $147 mil-
lion in scholarships to more
than 73,000 women, including
grants and low interest loans.
To engage the Backintyme
for an event, call (386) 446-4909.

Ruth Levins participates in a
variety ofprojects around the
community. Let her know
about your group's upcoming
activities by writing to P. 0.'
Box 803, Crystal River
FL 34423.

Veterans give recognition

Special to the Chronicle
On behalf of the CFCC Foundation, board members Citrus
County Supervisor of Elections Susan Gill and Avis Craig
recently accepted a $500 check for the Aaron A. Weaver
Chapter 776 Military Order of the Purple Heart Endowed
Scholarship. From left are: Sr. Vice Commander J.B.
Haskins, Avis Craig, Susan Gill and Jr. Vice Commander
Donald Guard.

NAMI meets today
in Hernando
The Citrus Chapter of the
National Alliance on Mental
Illness, NAMI-Citrus, will meet at
6:30 p.m. today at Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church,
.County Road 486, Citrus Hills,
Hemando.
The speaker will be Casey
*Gelston, R.N., nurse manager of
The Oaks psychiatric facility at.
Seven Rivers Regional Medical
Center, Crystal River.
She will discuss the programs
available there .and pointers for
early identification of mental
health problems.
Debbie Lattin will provide an
update about the upcoming
NAMI Walk.
All those persons with an
interest in mental health issues
are welcome.
Homeless coalition
to meet at church
The Hunger and Homeless
Coalition of Citrus County Inc.
will meet at 9 a.m. at St.
Margaret's Episcopal Church,
114 N. Osceola, Inverness.
There are many new pro-
grams coming to Citrus County.
Join us and be part of making a
difference in another's life.
Sip soup at
Soup-a-Thon
Mark your calendar on
Saturday for the Soup-a-Thon,
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the
Yankeetown-lnglis Woman's
Club, 5 56th St., Yankeetown.
As many as 20 to 30 pots of dif-
ferent soups will vie for your
vote as the best soup of the
year.
Try as many as you can hold,
it's all you can eat for a $4 1
donation. Baked goods will also
be sold.
The Soup-a-Thon is one of
the club's annual fundraisers.
This year, the event is being run
by Elizabeth Weimer.
Polish Club's
volunteers party
The Polish-American Social;
Club's volunteers are preparing
for their annual party.
It will be at noon Thursday at
The Old World Restaurant, 8370
S. Florida Ave.,, Floral City.
Call Hank Jazwinski at (352)
873-0928.
Democrats meet
second Saturday
The Central Citrus Demo-
cratic Club meets on the second
Saturday monthly at the Central
Ridge Library, 425 W. Roosevelt
Blvd., Beverly Hills.
This month's meeting will be
at 12:30 p.m.
Tickets for the Unity Dinner will
be available. Call 527-7162.
Black History Month
celebration slated
The Old Courthouse Heritage
Museum will celebrate Black
History Month from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, on the
square in downtown Inverness
with a street fair.
Activities will include a visit
from Highwaymen artist Robert
L. Lewis Jr..Lewis will demon-
strate his painting techniques.
Paintings will be on sale, and
Lewis will be autographing.
SThose persons interested in
participating in the event, call
Laurie Diestler at (352) 341-
6429 for a registration form.
SCall Alida Langley at (352) -
726-1989, Lucille Tompkins at
(352) 489-6355 or Kathy Turner
Thompson at (352) 341-6436.
Pet SPOTLIGHT

Yorkies

RTI US OUNTY ( )

C C FL CHRONICa

Tampa Bay hotels

face worker shortage

'DAVE SiMANOFF
The Tampa Tribune
TAMPA Gregg Nicklaus
isn't looking, for a few good
employees.
He's looking for alot of them.
Nicklaus, whose family owns
the Sirata Beach Resort Hotel
& Conference Center in St.
Pete Beach, has seen his staff
grow quickly from 150 work-
ers in 2003 to 265 this year -
but it's not quick enough. He
still has 40 open positions.
"We're woefully under-
staffed," he said. "It's horri-
ble."
Nicklaus' peers share his
frustration and their trou-
blesp-sell problems for one of
the biggest engines in the
Tampa Bay area economy.
Hotel owners and managers
on both sides of the bay say
they are experiencing labor
shortages, finding it increas-
ingly more difficult to compete
against other companies for
workers in a painfully tight
labor market.
'Just placing an ad, you used
to get 10O applicants for a job,"
said Katie Doherty, manager of
the Radisson i Hotel &
Conference Center in St..
Petersburg. "Now you're lucky if
you get 10. It's very challenging."
To meet the demand, many
hotels are reaching abroad for
labor, but industry experts say
foreign staffers are a short-term
solution to a long-term problem.
They say the industry must do a
better job) promoting itself and
its careers to job seekers.
Although many businesses in
the Tampa Bay area are expe-
riencing worker shortages, the
problem is, particularly bitter
for the hospitality industry.
First, hotel operators have
few options for filling positions
when job applicants are in
short supply. After all. a house-
keepirig job, unlike a call cen-,
ter job, can't be outsourced to
India or Indiana.
Second. the hospitality indus-
try is a cornerstone of the local
and state economy. Employers in
the leisure and hospitality fields
accounted for 112,300 8.6 per-
cert' o6f feli'3mill.ion"jobs im
tl,. Tampa-St Petersburg-
Clearwater metropolitan area in
December,. according to the
Bureau bof.. Labor Statistics.
Tourists spent $50 billion in
Florida in 2003, according to
Enterprise Florida.
Hotel officials are quick to
point out that .the labor: short-
age hasn't hindered their abili-
ty to serve guests yet but
they also. are worried about
what might happen if the prob-
lem gets worse.
If a hotel can't provide clean
and timely service to its guests,
"that is a fundamental failure
in our business," Nicklaus said.
Many'. hotels are forced to
'look overseas to fill staff open-
ings, turning to contract staffing
services that bring in workers
from around the world.
For example, Doherty's
Radisson hotel gets 15 percent
.to 20 percent of its staff from
Eastern, European countries.
The Don Cesar Beach Resort,
in St. Pete Beach, brings in 50
to 60 workers from Jamaica.
each year about 10 percent
of its'575 staffers.
"It's been a' very successful
program for us," said John
Marks; the Don Cesar's general
manager. However, "We would
prefer to have the opportunity
to identify and hire more indi-
viduals on a local basis than we
would to rely on a third-party
source to get through the
course of a busy time period."
JMI Staffing, based in Lutz ,
provides workers for five
Tampa hotels, including the
Mainsail Suites Tampa Hotel
and Conference Center near
Tampa International Airport.
Estrella Coto, a JMI employ-
.ee for two years, said that she
enjoys working in the United
States and that the staff at
Mainsail is "como una familiar"
like a family
Co-worker Juana Ines has
worked for JMI at Mainsail for
!four months. She said jobs in
the United States pay better
than those in her native
Dominican Republic.
"Es bueno," she said. "It's
really nice to work here."

JMI Staffing President Marty she applied for a front desk
Davenport said his company position at a Marriott hotel 18
originally specialized in find- years ago,
ing industrial workers but real- Now, after numerous promo-
ized several years ago that tions, she's the guest service
there was a growing need for manager at Mainsail Suites.
foreign workers in the hospi- She said she would recom-
tality industry. He relies on mend a career in the hospitali-
churches, nonprofit organiza- ty industry to anyone. Hotel
tions and word-of-mouth to jobs pay well and provide
find workers. opportunities for advancement,
Some JMI employees are and "your co-workers become
U.S. citizens, and others are family members," she said.
foreigners with visas. Nearly Collier said it is important
all of them are from Latin for young people to know about
America.. the breadth of careers avail-
"We don't close our doors to able in the hospitality industry.
anybody," Daveriport said. Each hotel needs people to
Foreign workers can fill handle marketing, sales, food
open positions in a pinch, but and beverage service, house-
they're not a long-term solution keeping, maintenance and the
to the hospitality industry's front desk. Finding them
labor shortage. means looking far and wide.,
Immigration lawyer Rebekah "No matter what you do,
Poston, a partner at Squire, there are certain jobs that have
Sanders & Dempsey in Miami, to be done," he said. "You've
said demand outweighs supply got to get creative."
for nonimmigrant work visas.
She said obtaining visas for for-
eign workers is expensive and
can take up to six months. *M
Companies seeking visas have
local workers are unavailable a
for the job and that wages will
be on par with those for similar
The government issues only m
66,000 noninmigrant visas Denure plants.
each year for skilled. nonpro- Dentures* Iplants* Crow
fessional workers, and hotels Hygiene* Bridges/Partials* Root
aren't the only companies
clamoring for those employees.
Poston said. Agricultural firms. DENTURE LAB
horse farms. fisheries. PREMISES
foresters even sports teams
also rely on nonimmnigrant No CHARGE FOR INIT,
workers CONSULTATION OR SEC
"This is vital to industries, ,
big and small." she said. "What OPINION.
is an employer to do?" FEEFORNECESSARY X.-RA\S
Hospitality industry leaders
say part of the solution to the C. N. Christian
labor shortage lies with Con-
gress. They say lawmakers need
to allow more foreign workers cITRU.
into the countity, and allow D
those workers to stay longer
A noniinmigranjit worker visa O
allows a person to stay in the Located in the Hampto
United States,for one yeai; but
it can be renewed for tip to i(,-,, .....: :: (352) 52
thirb *years. "Aftei the visa
I ex hIr % he.-.'wrker -has to ',.
return 'lhoile for at least six
months before returning to the
United States.
More foreign labor is just '
Industry leaders also need 'to C
,address other conditions, such
as. housing costs and trans-
portation, that hurt their abili-
ty to attract qualified workers.
What about just raising wages
to. attract more applicants?
Entry-level jobs in the hotel
industry pay about $7 an: hour .
what about boosting that fig-
ure to $8, $10 or even $15?
"That's a short-term solution.
to a long-term problem," said
Keith Overton, vice president ,
and general manager at the
Tradewinds. Island Resorts in
St. Pete Beach.
If one hotel raises wages,
other hotels will follow suit, __ "
resulting in higher operating Sl
costs for the hotels but the
same degree of competition for OI Ia
workers. he said. lP2V1_ %_-2
Joe Collier; general manager -I
of Mainsail Suites in Tampa and yo
the new president of the de0
Hillsborough County Hotel and W" ma
MotelAssociation, said the long- max
term solution to the hospitality 4.41% APY
industry's labor problems is to All we ask is that you
let people know that hotels are a
good careerehoice.., from a financial instill
Collier doesn't need to look to a World branch t(
far to find proof that hotel jobs
can lead to meaningful
careers. Goldie Fink said she
wasn't looking for a career -
she just needed a job when

AIRPORT
TAXI I

746-2929

www.allaboutbaths.com

SAnnual Percentage Yield (APY) is effective a
S must come from a financial institution other th.
All About Baths World Savings and the world symbol are regis

l^H^^HHH~f?9f.Dll'Tr

Migrant labor panel pushes for

housing, safety monitoring

Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE Florida
should spend $20 million to
create affordable housing for
farm workers, increase inspec-
tions of field safety conditions
and pass a law requiring seat
belts in vans that carry workers
to the fields, a special migrant
worker committee recom-
mended Monday.
But broader recommenda-:
tions on providing access to
government benefits for illegal
immigrants may not be includ-
ed in the final proposal from
the Joint Legislative Com-
mission on Migrant and
Seasonal Labor. A panel co-
chairman has objected to those
issues because of their politi-
cal sensitivity
Sen. J.D. Alexander, a citrus
grower, said he believes many,
of the difficulties the migrant.
farm workers face such as
an inability to access health

Sweeter

in 2006

ns
Canals .

DN

OND

III, D.DS., PA.

S HILLS

ITAL
n Square at Citrus Hills
27-1614 w

care and social services -
would disappear if it weren't
the case that so many are in the
VU.S. illegally.
And many Floridians simply
.won't support using tax dollars
to help illegal immigrants, said
Alexander, R-Winter Haven.
"On a human level, these
folks are our brothers and sis-
ters," Alexander said. "But
politically, I'm sure a large part
of my district would not
approve of benefits for illegal
immigrants.".
The commission did agree to
support a number of changes
that, worker advocates have
been pushing, including
endorsement of a bill spon-
sored by Alexander that would
require seat belts in vans that
carry farm workers to the fields.
An Associated Press review
last year found transportation-
related accidents to be the

leading cause of work-related
deaths for Florida's farm work-
ers.
The panel also endorsed
increased safety and sanitation
inspections of farm fields and
farmworker ,housing, and
adding 10 new positions in the
Department of Agriculture for
more pesticide inspections.
"On the whole, we're very
pleased." said Karen Woodall,
an advocate for migrant work-
ers who has pushed for many of
the changes. She said that even
if the Legislature only deals
with pesticide issues, housing
and seat belts, it would be a big
step forward for a group of peo-
ple who often don't get much
attention.'
"It's 25, 30 years of coming
here, and for the first time I'm
feeling really good," .said
Margarita Romo, a farmworker
activist from Pasco County. ,

FORMS AVAILABLE
* The Chronicle has forms
available for wedding and
engagement announce
ments, anniversaries,
birth announcements and
first birthdays.
* Call Linda Johnson at
563-5660 for copies.

)n, get a great rate.

short term. Great rate. Don't wait.
)pen World' 4-Month Certificate of -
'eposit (CD) and enjoy a great rate while Institution Term APY
u wait for an even greater rate. Your WORLD 4 Months 4.41%
)osit is FDIC insured to the legal WORLD 4 Months 4.41%
amum, and our competition-crushing SunTrust 3 Months 2.009%
,is guaranteed for four full months.
iU raELLA Wachovia 3 Months 2.20%o
ir deposit of $25,000 or more come
:ution other than World. So get going AmSouth 3 Months 2.25%
today.

WORLD SAVINGS
How may we help you?

as of date of publication and may change thereafter. Penalty for early withdrawal. $250,000 minimum deposit; $250,000 maximum per household. Funds
an World. Personal accounts only. **APY comparisons based on independent shopping survey of other institutions 'term accounts' APYs as of 1/31/06.
tered marks of GWFC. @ 2006 World Savings N4483-35FW,

Here are the 825 most active stocks on the New Yoik Stock Exchange, 765 most actve on the
Nasdaq National Market and 116 mosl active on the American Stock Exchange Slocks in bold
are worth at least $5 and changed 5 percent of more in price underfiinng lor 50 mosI active
on NYSE and Nasdaq and 25 most active on Amex. Tables show name, price and net change,
and one to two addinonal fields rotated through the week, as follows

Div: Current annual dividend rale paid on stock, based on latest
quarterly or semiannual declaration, unless otherwise footnoled
Name: Siocks appear alphabetically by tme company's lull name
(not its abbreviahion) Names consisting of initials appear at the
beginning of eacri letter's list.
Last: Price stock was trading at when ex:tiange closed 1.r tihe Oay
Chg: Loss or gain fur the day No change indicated by .

NEW YORK Stocks ended
a listless session little changed
Monday as cautious investors
found few reasons to put money
Into the market, even as upbeat
remarks on Alcoa Inc. and
General Motors Corp. helped
prop up the Dow Jones indus-
trials.
Monday's aimless trading fol-,
lowed steep losses late last
week, with Wall Street still
uneasy about the possibility of
more interest rate hikes from
the Federal Reserve. On Friday,
upbeat employment data fueled
worries about economic
strength, another reason for the
Fed to stay its course.
Art Hogan, chief market
strategist for Jefferies & Co.,
said data on jobless claims later
this week should draw a reac-
tion from traders as they try to
decipher the Fed's stance on
inflation and the pace of domes-
tic employment growth.. For,
now, however, Wall Street will
be idle without much news to
drive it, he said.
"I think we're going through
this natiral vacituum in the news
cycle where we have a quiet

\VASHINGTON Interest
rates on short-term Treasury
bills were mixed in Monday's
auction.
The Treasury Department
auctioned $20 billion in three-
month bills at a discount rate
of 4.375 percent, unchanged
from last week- Another $17
billion in six-month bills was
auctioned at a discount rate of
4.500 percent, up from 4.435
percent
The six-month rate was .the

highest since 4.530 percent on
March 5,2001.
The discount rates reflect
that these bill sell tor less than
face value. For a $10,000 bill.
the three-month price was
$9.889.41 while a six-month bill
sold for $9,772.50.
Separately, the Federal Re-
serve said Monday that the
average yield for one-year
Treasu ry bills, a popular index
for making changes in ad-
justable rate mortgages, rose to
4.60 percent last week from 4.50
percent the previous week

FORGET TO PUBUCIZE?

* Submit photos of successful community events to be pub-
lished in the Chronicle. Call 563-5660 for details.

"It's difficult to generate any
interest in the market."
At the close of trading, the
Dow rose 4.65, or 0.04 percent,
to 10,798.27. The Dow lost 113
points last week after gaining
almost 240 points the week
before.
Broader stock indicators
were mixed. The Standard &
Poor's 500 index added 0.99, or
0.08 percent, to 1,265.02, and the
Nasdaq composite index fell
3.78, or 0.17 percent, to 2,258,80.
Bonds slipped, with the yield
on the 10-year Treasury note
rising to 4.54 percent from 4.53
percent late Friday, although
the yield curve remained
inverted as the two-year note
edged up to 4.61 percent The
U.S. dollar was mixed against
other major currencies, while
gold prices slipped.
News that Iran has stopped
cooperating with U.N. officials
about its nuclear arms program
sparked fears about disruptions
from one of the world's biggest.
oil suppliers and drove crude
futures above $66 early in the
session. However, a barrel of
l eight crude slid 26 cents to settle
at $65.11 on the New York
Mercantile Exchange.

Facing adversity together
can sometimes be a cata-
lyst for change and unity.
Such appears to be the case in
the city of Crystal River.
When a developer proposed to
build a huge, time-share condo-
minium project on the Pete's
Pier property on Kings Bay,
there was a collective gasp of
disbelief heard throughout the

city.
The image of a
small fishing village
that locals like to
hang onto was sud-
denly being
replaced by visions
of Clearwater and
New Port Richey.
Out of the debate
about what the
future of Pete's Pier

THE I!
Crystal
futu

OUR OF
Leade
welco

might look like, some common
purpose has been found in bet-
ter planning for the community's
future.
It now l6ooks'k'e tilie impracti-
cal proposal for Pete's Pier won't
happen, but that doesn't mean
another proposal isn't right
around the corner.
Suddenly residents and the
city council all seem to agree on
one premise: Instead of letting
new developers determine what
the future of Crystal River
should look like, the people and
leaders of the community should
come up with the definitions.
Resident Don Hess has begun

Paying tax 01
Last year, there.was a -o
water-shortage in Citrus
County. This year the land-
fill is full.The schools'
classes are' going into I
-portable classrooms. Gas
tax went up 6 cents. Do
the school buses and sher- CALL
iff's cars have to pay this 5 n
tax also? If so, where is .563
the profit? And yet every
day, permits are issued for
new housing. Duh.
Incinerate trash
You know, it doesn't take a rocket
scientist to figure out that if we just
built an incinerator at the landfill; .
then all they'd have to worry about
is where to get rid of the ashes.
These county co mmissioners need
to wake up.
Changing plans
Well, who do the planning board '
members and the planners that
work at the county really work for?
They're paid with 'taxpayer money,
but they seem to be very pro-devel-
opment and pro fo destroy the com-
prehensive plan. If you read the list
for the planning board, there's
about 10 changes every week to
increase density and change zoning
from what was peaceful and beauti-
ful to ugly and built over. And they
recommend it highly to the county
commissioners. The zoning was
there for a reason. The -comp plan is
there for a reason. Why are not the
county employees standing by this
comprehensive plan and enforcing it
instead of ,being such pro-develop-
ment? We need an investigation to
see where the influence lies in the
planners at the county department.
Vote them out
I'd like to .know if in the fall of
2006, if all five county commission-

leading a response to the ques-
tion and out of his journey has
come the concept of the Crystal
River Walk. Hess wants to pull
together a public/private part-
'nership that would use grants,
private contributions and pri-
vate investment to create a
vision for the future of Kings Bay
and Crystal River. He appeared
before the city council last week
and said he already
has $40,000 in
SSUE: pledges to begin, a
River's feasibility study 'of
ure what that future
might look like.
PINION: In a city where
unanimous opin-
rship ions are rare, the
med. city council unani-
mously stood
behind the concept.
: Hess wants to pull together
volunteers and contributions to
get the process. started. With so
much growthi"waithig 't our
'doorsteps, it'S important !to fig-
ure out how we can ptotect the
delicate environment we live in,
maintain the character, )f the
community and still permit some
development to take place. The
fact that Hess has come from
outside of the political skirmish-
es that have marked the commu-
nity guarantees some degree of
achievement.
There is some momentum to
get the job done and for that we
should all be thankful.

ers will be up for re-elec-
Pip tion or if just certain ones,
Which ones. I'd like to do
my part in voting every
L single one of them out I
can;
Offended vet
The Vietnam vet who
wrote in saying he was
.057t offended by peace demon-
o S i strators has every right to
say so. However, I would
think he would not want to
see our troops involved in another
pointless war.
Balance books
Watched the president today
telling the auto companies what
they needed to do to balance their
books and make it right and so
forth. Now there's a man who really
knows how to run the checkbook.
Young litterers
... How surprised I was when I
was driving behind a big Lincoln on
Cutler Spur Drive a while .back that
had two young ladies in it. All of a
sudden, swish, out goes a wrapper
from the passenger side. Then bam,
out goes a beer can. This was 10:30
a.m. Then swish, another wrapper
goes out the window. So now I real-
ize litterbugs come in all sizes,
shapes and ages. They are the ones
who make our Citrus County look
like a trash dump. Can one of you
please tell me why you do this? On
my morning walks, I take along a
plastic bag and pick up after you. It
is really disgusting.
Burn plant
I've got a suggestion. Instead of
the Citrus County commissioners
making a $10 million thing for a
transfer station, why don't they look
into building a burn plant? Import
garbage from other places, make
energy and still make money on it.

Informants provide information

B oth law-enforcement
and intelligence
agencies fundamen-
tally depend on informants; PV
Informants in, foreign intel- ,
ligence are at best traitors
to their respective coun-
tries. Informants in domes-
tic crime issues are. often
paid, either in cash or; in
deals cut on crimes they
have committed. 'Alto- Charle:
gether, they are a sleazy lot OTI
One point many people Vo01
often don't understand is
that CIA officers are not
spies. They are "case officers." Their
job is to recruit spies'(informants) and
funnel the information back to the
analysts.
Naturally, every country tries to
depict its spies as noble people
opposed to tyranny rather than people
trapped and blackmailed, soreheads
and neurotics or simply greedy oppor-
tunists. Often; informants working for
money in domestic criminal cases will
actually entrap some innocent person,
That's how the sorry episode of Randy
Weaver began, which ended with the
deaths of his wife, his son and a deputy
U.S. marshal in 1992.
A paid informant badgered Weaver,
who was hard up for money to feed his
family, into illegally sawing off a shot-
gun, something any 8-year-old with a
hacksaw and a vice can do. The idea
was to arrest him, threaten him with a
long prison sentence and then coerce
him into' becoming a federal inform-

*1
i
y
HI
C

ant
This is a short preface to
the current problem of.
domestic spying. The Bush
administration says it only
intercepts calls from terror-
ists. OK, how does the Bush
administration know that
somebody in Europe or the
Middle East is a terrorist?
Terrorists don't walk
Reese around the street with little
IER name tags identifying them
gES and their organization. They
don't call people and' say:
"Hi, al-Qaida calling. Can I
interest you in a bomb-making kit?"
The answer is an informant or some
other country's intelligence agency
The first thing you know is that this
person is a terrorist suspect If anyone
had proof that he was a real terrorist,
he would be arrested. You can get
some idea of how unreliable these sus-
pect lists are by the instances of pop
stars, U.S. senators, babies and other
innocent people winding up on the
U.S. terrorist watch list because of
bureaucratic goof-ups.
Furthermore, it standsto reason that
the National Security Agelncy has no
way of knowing who this suspect is*
calling until the call is actuially'made.
NSA doesn't put wiretaps on: tele-
phones. It sweeps the calls out .of the
air, and then the NSA supercomputers
comb the messages for certain key
words. My guess is that the NSA is
intercepting all the overseas calls from-
Americans of Arab descent1 people, of

LETTERS

Burn garbage
Might I add a few thoughts to the
discussion about trucking garbage up
to 100 miles by eight-wheel trucks? In
addition to the obvious extra cost
(double as quoted in the paper), the
need to build a new compacting trans-
fer station and the added traffic on
our already busy roads, why not con-
sider the alternatives?
Most of the garbage could be
burned when mixed with coal at our
existing coal-powered power station.
in Crystal River \\ ith modifications.
This would save the power company
fuel costs and relieve our nearly full
garbage sites. Or, if it has to go out of
state or wherever they choose' to send
it, could not some kind of deal be
made with the power company to fill
their returning empty railroad wag-
ons, which arrive here daily full of
coal? I know this has been done in
Europe with success and helps to
keep spiraling electricity costs down.
Another method would be to load
barges at Red Level and send it by
sea to another power station that,
could use it, or to a new landfill site
in another state.
Perhaps if we stopped making so
much garbage, we could also prolong
the length of time we have before we
fill our landfill.
On a final note, why would the own-
ers of Pete's Pier accept an offer from
the city at about 10 percent of the
developers offer? Who would run a
new marina, more staff and more out
in taxes? Leave it to the professionals
and let them give you the taxes to
spend on more useful projects.

Stewart R

eadman
Lecanto

OPINIONS INVITED
The opinions expressed in Chronicle edi-
trials are the opinions of -rie editorial
-board of, the newspaper.
Viewpoints depicted in political car-
toons, columns or letters d.) n.:.t nce-.-
-aiilrdy repre ient the opirirn ..,f the ed.ito
rial board.
Groups or individuals are invited to
epre's their opinions in a letter to the
editor.
Persoi's wihin4r, t address the editorial
board, which meets weekly, should call
Linda Johnson at (352)563-5660.
All letters must be signed and include a
phone -umrrber and thomretivn, incil dirng
letters sent via'e.mail. larres a-d'" '
hometowns will be printed; phone num-
bers will not be published or given out.
We reserve the right to edit letters for
length, libel, fairness and good taste.
m Letters must be no longer than 350
words, and writers will be limited to
three letters per month.
SEND LETTERS TO: The Editor, 1624 N.
Meadowcrest Blvd., Crystal River, FL
34429. Or, fax to (352) 563-3280; or e-
mail to letters@chronicleonline.com.

Cherish equality
May I suggest that the person or
persons who defiled the Mount
Carmel Methodist Church in Floral
City simply move to another country?
There are plenty of countries where
people hate each other every day, and
you would fit right in.
In America, we try to get along with
everyone, and you are not a true
American.
Oh, you might have an American
flag and spout off about high gas
prices but you, and your kind, don't
belong here. You have missed the :
point, true Americanls think that this
country is stronger because of our dif-
ferences.
Right here in Floral City, we cher-
. ish the idea that all people are creat-

the Muslim faith, as well as-those who
have spoken out on Middle East issues
or have business dealings, in the
region. In other words, it's a massive
invasion of privacy, not a selective
invasion of privacy or at least that's
my guess.
Ronald Reagan said of his arms
deals with the Soviets: "Trust, but ver-
ify." The problem is, there are no ways
the American people or their elected'
representatives can verify anything
President Bushsays. on the subject of
national security. It's all classified.
The very practice of one equal branch
of the government keeping secrets
from another equal branch of the gov-
enunent is an unconstitutional act that,
ought to be ended immediately. We
will have to wait for a Congress with
guts for that to happen.
I fear the expansion of American
government power more than I do the
terrorists. They are, after all, crii i nals
who might shoot us or bomb us and get
killed in the process. They are, by
nature, a passing threat. A secretive
government that scoffs at the rule of
law and the restraints of the Constitu-
tion, however, is a very permanent
threat to the freedom of the American
people.
Government power that' isn't
checked will just keep on growing
until one day the American people will
wake up neither free nor secure.

Write to CharIlev Reese atoP.O. Box
2446, Orlando. FL 32802.

ed equal. You. can even go to our
library and look it up.
I challenge all ministers in Citrus
County to speak from their pulpits
this Sunday about this crime and its
effect on all of us. Hopefully, we will .
'find these people and punish them.
Look in the mirror, and see the true
person looking back To be an,
American takes 'a lot more than wav-
ing the flag.
Richard Schmitt
,. ... Floral City

Miscarriage of justice
Lawyers preach about the rule of
law as the law of the land. Well, I
would like to know how it applies to a
mindless judge from Vermont, who
gave a pedophile only 60 days in jail,
so that he could get treatment
Treatment? This creep molested a
6-year-old girl for four years, and all
this judge was concerned about was
his rehabilitation? Doesn't he realize
what this little girl has to live with for
the rest of her life? Sad!
Pedophiles who sexually abuse a
child should be incarcerated after the
first,offense for the rest of their lives,
regardless of what bleeding-heart psy-
chologists, psychiatrists and lawyers
profess, because there is no cure for
pedophiles and they know it
,: We can't wait for them to kill our
kids time after time, only because
some psychologist said they are
cured". ,
Our corrupt legal system takes a
hallow view of this tragedy and it's
wrong. So let's choose our lawmakers
wisely. Our kids at risk demand it.
Gaylord LaGraves
Homosassa

THE CHRONICLE invites you to call "Sound Off" with your opinions on any subject. You do not need to leave your name and have up to 30 seconds to record.
COMMENTS will be edited for length, personal attacks and good taste. This does not prohibit criticism of public figures. Editors will cut libelous material. OPINIONS expressed are purely those of the callers.

to the Editor

I

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2006 13A

Before You File Your 2005 Taxes Ask Yourself: Does My Tax and Financial

This is an exciting and
challenging time to be
an investor. There arc
many things going on -.
around the world that could make the next
few years extremely rewarding if you de-
sign your investment plan to be successful.

If you choose to work with an investment
professional you should always ensure that
your financial advisor or wealth manager is
a knowledgeable and experienced fiduciary.

What Is A Fiduciary?

A person in a position of authority who ob-
ligates himself or herself to act on behalf of
another (as in managing money or property)
and assumes a duty to act in good faith
and with care, candor, and loyalty in fulfill- .
ing the obligation.

What Can You Expect From a Fiduciary?

** Your investment advisor should put in
writing that he/she will act solely in
your best interests!

Your investment advisory firm should
be independent and objective and seek
to avoid material conflicts of interest.

* Your tax and investment advisor should
be equipped with the necessary tax
knowledge and expertise to design and
implement a tax-efficient investment
portfolio for you.

* Your investment advisor should be will-
ing to place in writing their "fiduciary
oath."

* Your financial advisor should be willing
to place in writing to you his or her ob-
ligation to consider taxes when under-
taking investment decisions. Because
it's not what you make-it's what you
keeDn after taxes!

If you are currently working with a financial
advisor and are unsure if he or she is using
a consultative approach or the proven
methodologies we've discussed here, con-
sider a second opinion.

Or if you are uncertain if your advisor is '
acting in a fiduciary capacity to you with
the legal obligation to act in your best inter-
ests (not his or her own interest, or those of
his/her firm), consider a second option.

What are You Waiting For? Any day is as
good as the next to get started addressing
these questions. Getting good answers is the
key to the peace of mind our clients experi-
ence when their finances are in order. We can
help you over the hurdles along the way to
your financial success!

>

Call 746-4460 for a confidential initial inter-
view to determine if our trusted advisory ser-
vices may be beneficial to you!

JOIN US FOR A FREE EDUCATIONAL WORKShO

10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

at the Citrus Hills Golf & Country Club (formerly Andre's)
Due to space limitations, reservations are requested.
Please call 746-4460 to reserve your space today.
No free lunch. No product sales. Just good information I
U.,S
l I l S S l I ll l l I I I I I I ll I I "4. . . ,'t ,'4

WASHINGTON Senators raised
doubts about the legal rationale for the
Bush administration's eavesdropping
program Monday, forcing Attorney
General Alberto Gonzales to provide a
lengthy defense of the operations he
called a vital "early warning system" for
terrorists.
A handful of Republicans joined
Democrats in raising questions about
whether President Bush went too far in
ordering the National Security
Agency's monitoring operations The
senators were particularly troubled by
the administration's argument that a

September 2001 congressional resolu-
tion appro\-i ng use of m military force cov-
ered the surveillance of some domestic
conununications
"The president does not haye a blank
check," said Judiciary Chairman Arlen
Specter, R-Pa., who wants the adminis-
tration to ask the secretive Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court to
review the program.
"You think you're right, but there a re
a lot of people who think you're wrong,"
Specter told Gonzales. "What do you
have to lose ifyou're right?"
Gonzales didn't respond to Specter's
proposal directly "We are continually
looking at ways that we can work w ith

the FISA court in being more
efficient and more effective,"
said the former Texas judge.
Under Bush's orders, the
ultra-secret National Security
Agency has been eavesdropping
- without warrants on inter-
national communications of
people in the United States ,
whose calls and e-mails ma.\ be Go'iz-
linked to Muslim extremists., ttor
During the daylong commit- general
tee hearing. Gonzales and the at hea
senators reached as far back as
eavesdropping ordered by President
Washington and delved into court deci-
sions surrounding presidential powers
and the 1978 Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act.
Gonzales repeatedly defended the

current program as lawful, rea-
sonable and essential to nation-
al security."
He said the president's
authority was strongest in a
time of wai, and he called the
monitoring operations an "early
warning system designed for the
21st century" He said no
ae, changes in la%% were needed to
accommodate the monitoring.
spoke "To end the program now
ring. would be to afford our enemy
dangerous and potential deadly
new room for operation xw within our own
borders." he said.
Democrats pressed Gonzales for
details about the program and other
similar operations, almost all of which
he would not provide.

AMIENS. .France The
Frenchwoman who received
the world's first partial face
transplant showed off her nev.
,*' features Monday, and her scar:
a fault. circular line of buckled
' skin around her nose, lips and
chin. But where she once had a
gaping hole caused by a dog
bite, she now has a face.
''' Isabelle Dinoire, a 38-year-
'' old mother of two, spoke with a
heavy slur and had trouble
i moving her lips at her first
news conference since the sur-
gery in November But said she
was looking forward to resum-
ing a normal life:,
"Since the day of niy opera-
Ition. I have a face like everyone
else." Dinoire said, reading
from a prepared statement.
She also thanked the family
of the bra in-dead temaledonori
who gave her new lips, a chin
and nose and distributed a
heart, liver, pancreas and kid-
neys to others.'.
"Despite their pain and
mourning, they accepted to give
a second life to people in
need." Dinoire said. "Thanks to
them, a door to the future is
opening for me and others."
Before the 15-hour surgery in
Amiens on Nov. 27. Dinoire's
lipless gums and teeth were
permanently exposed and most
of her nose was missing. Food
dribbled from her mouth. She
wore a surgical mask in public
to avoid frightening people.
Dinoire, still hospitalized for
physical therapy, said she was
regaining sensation and was
not in pain.
"I can open my mouth and
eat I feel my lips, my nose and
my mouth," she said. While one
of her surgeons was speaking,
,she drank from a plastic cup -
a simple gesture that produced
a flurry of camera flashes.
Her mouth appeared slightly
lopsided and was usually open
slightly. Wen she laughed, she
seemed unable to bring her lips
together to form a full smile.'
She also had difficulty pro-
nouncing letters like "b" and'
"p" that 'require -pursing the
lips'- a skill her doctors said
will improve with time.
In terms of coloring, the
match between Dinoire's own
skin and the graft was remark-
able, though she wore makeup.
Doctors showed slides of her
.progress, her scar growing
fainter each week.

SA,-.s cai, a Pre s
Protestors climb over the gate of the Danish embassy Monday in Tehran. Police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of angry
protesters who hurled stones and fire bombs at the Danish Embassy in the second attack' ona Western embassy in the Iranian
capital Monday about the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Police had encircled the embassy building, but
were unable to hold back the mob of 400 demonstrators as they pelted the building with stones and Molotov cocktails.

Hundreds ofprotesters pelt Danish Embassy in Tehran with rocks

Associated Press

TEHLRAN, Iran Hindreds of angry
protesters hurled stones and fire bombs at
the Danish Embassy in the Iranian capital
Monday to protest publication of carica-
tures of the Prophet Muhlammad. Police
used tear gas and surrounded the walled
\illa to hold back the crowd.
It was the second attack on a Western
mission in Tehran on Monday. Earlier inii
thile day 200 student demonstrators threw
stones at the Austrian Embassy, breaking
windows and starting small fires. The
mission iwas targeted because Austria
holds the presidency of the European
Union
Thousands more people joined violent
demonstrations across the world' to
protest publication of the caricatures of
tuhanmmad. and the Bush administration
appealed to Saudi Arabia to use its influ-
ence among Arabs to help ease tensions
inthe iMiddle East and Europe
Afghan troops shot and killed four pro-
teste rs. some as they tried to storm a U.S.
military base outside Bagram the first

Two trees inside the
embassy compound
were set on fire by the
gasoline bombs.

time a protest about the issue has taiget-
ed the United States. A teenage boy was
killed when protesters stampeded in
Somalia.
Thile EU issued stern reminders to 18
Arab and other Muslim countries that
they are under treaty obligations to pro-
tect foreign embassies.
Lebanon apologized to Denmark -
\where the cartoons were first published
- a da.3 after protesters set fire to a build-
ing housing the Danish mission in Beirut.
The attack "harmed Lebanon's reputa-
tion and its civilized image," Lebanese
Information MinisterGhaziAridi said.
In the Iranian capital. police encircled
the Danish Embassy but were unable to
hold back 400 demonstrators as they
tossed stones and Molotov cocktails at the

walled brick illa. At least nine'protesters
were hurt, police said.
About an hour into the protest, police
fired tear gas, driving the denionstr'ators
into a nearby park. Later, about 20 people
returned and tried to break through
police lines to enter the embassy com-
pound, but were blocked by security
forces.
As the tear gas dissipated, most of the
crowd filtered back to the embassy, where
they burned Danish flags and chanted
anti-Danish slogans and "God is great."
'vwo trees inside the embassy corrm-
pound %were set on fire by the gasoline
bombs. The embassy gate was burned, as
was a police booth along the wall protect-
ing the building
The Danish Foreign Ministry said it
was not aware of any staff inside the
building, which closed for the day before
the demonstration.
Ambassador Claus Juul Nielsen told
DR public television in Denmniark that the
protesters vandalized the grotid floor of
the embassy, which included the trade
and the visa departments.

Millions have Social Security numbers on driver's licenses

Social Security numbers on license
In p003, 17 states and the District of Columbia allowed drive
the option of listing their Social Security numbers on license
A federal law that prohibits this policy took effect in Decemb

States listing Social Security
numbers on licenses, 2003
-- I. .

*'~
-- --

Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -
ars Millions otf miiiotorists across the
s. nation a re carry ing a round d ri-
er. very's licenses containing their
Social Security numbers a
potential jackpot for identity
S thieves.
., Privacy experts strongly
4. warn against the practice. And
a recent federal law ordered
states to stop issuing licenses
displaying Social Secu.rit
numbers.
Yet some states continue to
do so, a review by The
Associated Press has found.
And in other states that have
dropped the practice, it could
take up to eight years before
people who have licenses with
Social Security numbers on
them are issued new ones.
A sampling of just 11 states
AP by the AP identified more than

14 million motorists with
Social Security numbers on
their licenses.
A name, birthdate and
address are valuable pieces of
'information for someone who
wants to steal another person's
identity and obtain loans and
credit cards. But a Social.
Security number is the richest
prize of them all.
"For a thief, getting a wallet
that has a Social Security num-
ber on it is like finding the pot
of gold at the end of the rain-
bow it is the most useful
item for a personal identity
thief," said Beth Givens, direc-
tor of the San Diego-based
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.
About 8.9 million U.S. adults
were- victims of identity fraud
in 2005, costing an estimated
$57 billion, according to a sur-
vey released by the ,Better
Business Bureau.

Kayaker Eli Pyke flies off
Dillon Falls along the Des-
chutes River Monday near
Bend, Ore.

Moussaoi'i tossed
from courtroom
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -
Proclaiming I am al-Qaida," ter-
rorist conspirator Zacarias
disrupted the
opening of his
sentencing trial
Monday and
was tossed out
of court as
selection
began for the
jurors who will fZgacar as
decide. "Thissaoui
whether he terrorist to be
lives or dies. sentenced.
He disavowed his lawyers
and pledged to testify on his
own behalf in the trial that is to
begin March 6.
An often-volatile figure in his
proceedings, Moussaoui was
removed from the courtroom
four separate times. "This trial is
a circus," he declared. "I want to
be heard.' Of his lawyers, he
said: "These people do not rep-
resent me."
Study: Most voters
to use new equipment
Fewer voters will cast [heir
ballots by punching a card or
pulling a lever in this Novem-
ber's elections as the country
continues to turn to newer, elec-
tronic machines, according to a
study released Monday.
While the study says old sys-
tems that were prone to error
are on their way out, experts
also note that means many
Americans will be voting on
unfamiliar equipment this fall.
At least four out of five regis-
tered voters will use the newer
generation of machines -
either ATM-style touchscreen
machines or ones that ask vot-
ers to fill in the blanks.

World rld

Miss World

L s-aOc.ai. PrE-.- .
Miss World Unnur Bima
Vilhjalmsdottir smiles
Monday during a news con-
ference in Warsaw, Poland.
Poland will host the Miss
World 2006 pageant at the
end of September, organizers
said Monday. The event will
be Sept. 30.

Mules deliver ballots
for Haiti's elections
GONAIVES, Haiti Mules
laden with sacks of ballots were
led into Haiti's countryside
Monday to reach a remote vil-
lage on the eve of elections
aimed at putting Haiti's experi-
ment with democracy back on
track.
Hours before polls open
Tuesday, thousands of U.N.
peacekeepers fanned out to
guard against attacks by heavily
armed gangs, some of them
loyal to Jean-Bertrand Anstide.
the president ousted in a rebel-
lion two years ago.
There are 33 candidates in
the presidential election, includ-
ing two former presidents, a for-
mer rebel in the insurgency that
forced Aristide from office, and a
former army officer accused in
the death of a Haitian journalist.
From wire reports

s

No Magic Kingdom here

Orlando takes
on the
Wizards.
PAGE

it

TUESDAY
FEBRUARY 7, 2006
h AU cr, ror,,,eo ,lnre 'c- ,

. ... ...

Sports BRIEFS
SGirardi to young
i Marlins: shave
HOLLYWOOD -Now that
the Florida Marlins have
trimmed their payroll, facial hair
is next.
New manager Joe Girardi
wants to see no goatees, mus-
taches or beards when players
begin reporting for spring train-
ing Feb. 18 .
A former catcher with the
New York Yankees, Girardi liked
owner George
Steinbrenner's
rule that per- A 'S
mitted neatly
trimmed
mustaches
but no beards
or shaggy hair.
Girardi's policy of no facial hair
will be even stricter, and a first
for the Marlins.
"You have a responsibility of
what you look like," he said.
"You find out which players want
to be disciplined in the little
things. And if you can be disci-
plined in the little things, a lot of
limes you can be disciplined in
the big things."
Super Bowl nets
huge ratings
NEW YORK-The :
Pittsburgh Steelers' victory over
the Seattle Seahawks in the
Super Bowl was watched in an
average of 45.85 million homes,
the second-highest total in tele-
vision history behind the final
episode of 'M-A-S-H' in 1983.
Pittsburgh's 21-10 victory
Sunday got a 41.6 preliminary
national rating, Nielsen Media
Service said Monday, up slightly
from the 41.1 rating last year.
The share remained the same
at 62.
The game was watched by
an estimated 141.4 million peo-
ple in the United States, ABC
said, the second-highest total to
view a program behind the
144.4 million who tuned to New
England's victory over Carolina
..in the 2004 Super Bowl. That
nuiiiber estimates the total
amount of people to watch the
game at any point.
The estimated average of
90.7 million people or the
estimated number of viewers
throughout was the largest
Super Bowl audience since the
Steelers last played in the title
game in 1996, a loss to Dallas
that attracted an average of
94.1 million people watching.
Hurricanes hire two
assistant coaches
CORAL GABLES -
Longtime Wisconsin assis-
tant head football coach
John Palermo has accepted
a job as defensive line coach
at Miami' Hurricanes coach
Larry Coker said Monday.
Clint Hurtt, a former
Miami player, was hired as
assistant defensive line
coach. Defensive coordina-
tor Randy
Shannon
coach
I i I I n
line-
backers, s.
Coker _* .-"
S .said.
The staff changes come
S after'Coker fired four assis-
tants a month ago.
Palermo was Wisconsin's
1 : assistant head coach for 15 .
years under Barry Alvarez,
\\ho stepped down as head
; coach after the 2005 season;
~. ,- Fro'Tm rie reports

Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -'
Shortly after Jimmie Johnson's"
second failed attempt to w in
the Nextel Cup; championship,
car owner R ick Hendrick sum-
moned his driver and crew
chief
There was a rumor crew
chief Chad Knaus wanted out
Word of his desire, to leave
* popped up during the season,
finale, when Johnson still had a
shot at the title. Despite denials
from the Hendrick camp, the
talk wouldn't go away.
Johnson and Knaus main-'
tainied they had no idea where
these tales of turmoil originat-.

Ludwick reaches 2,000

Warriorssenior guard

bhits points milestone

in 62-32 victoy
JON-MICHAEL SORACCHI
jmsoracchi@chronicleonline.com
Chronicle
OCALA Coach Jim Ervin took a
timeout at the beginning of the fourth
quarter to let his Seven Rivers team
know one thing- get Cory Ludwick the
ball.
While the strategy might have raised
a few eyebrows, considering the third-

seeded Warriors were up by 24 in the left in the contest, a layup gave him
District 1A-6 boys basketball tourna- .points 2,000 and 2,001 For his career.
ment over sixth-seeded Bishop With 22 points for the game. Ludwick
McLaughlin and had the game in hand, now has 2,003 career points with at
the reason was simple. least one more game left in the season.
Ludwick, the Warriors' do-it-all sen- Seven Rivers will play second-seed-
ior guard, was sitting seven points .. ed First Academy of Leesburg
shy of 2,000 for his career. Up until " after blasting Bishop
the moment Ervin gave his team j McLaughlin 62-32 Monday night
the order to get Cory the ball, at St. John Lutheran in Ocala.
even Ludwick didn't know he First Academy and Seven
was close. Rivers split their regular season
"I think once I mentioned it to meetings, each winning at home.
him, he was more focused." Ervin said. Seven Rivers improved to 16-6 over-
The next three shots that left all and 94 in district with the victory.
Ludwick's hands would prove Ervin Bishop McLaughlin fell to 3-15 and 3-10.
right; a pairof 3s pulled the guard with- After achieving such an impressive
in one of the milestone and, with 5:35 individual milestone, Ludwick refused

to give himself any credit.
"I can't really do nimuch by myself," he
said with a small laugh. "I'm a pretty
slow guy"
The only thing important Monday.: to
Ludwick at least, was a win that kept
the Warriors' playoff hopes alive.
"If we had lost and I got (2.000), I
wouldn't have been happy," Ludwick
said. "The main focus is wiruling."
Ludwick's last four points of the
game showcased how far he has come
since arriving on the scene as a perime-
ter-based freshman guard, four years

ago.
The

Steelers take the hard road

The path less
traveled becomes

route to big

Super Bowl win

Associated Press
DETROIT The
Pittsburgh Steelers owned
the easy road to the Super
Bowl all those years they
squandered home-field
advantage, all those years
coach Bill Cowher's teams
couldn't stand iup to the pres-
sure, the moment, the chal-
lenge.
Maybe this is what was
needed to bring out the best
in a team that often was
among the NFLs top teams,
but never played like it when
it counted most: the toughest
road to a Super Bowl cham-
pionship.
No team had won three
road playoff games and then
the Super Bowl, much less by
beating the top three teams
in its conference and the best
from the opposing confer-
ence. Making the challenge
even greater, the Steelers
had to win their final four
regular-season games just to
reach the playoffs.
"It feels so much better to
do something people say you
can't do," linebacker Joey
Porter said after the Steelers
won their first Super Bowl in
26 years by beating the
Seattle Seahawks 21-10
Sunday night. "There's no
better feeling than that. We
will always be remembered
for the way we did it."
Aftergoing from 15-1 a year
ago to an uLpderachieving 11-
5 during a regular season
marked by injuries quar-
terback Ben Roethlisberger
was out four weeks with two
knee problems and a
three-game losing streak, the
Steelers fit a career's worth
of highlights into a month's
worth of playoffs.
By doing so, those four
AFC championship game
losses and one Super Bowl
defeat since January 1995
finally began to fade into the
,past, along with the percep-
tion the Steelers and their'
coach couldn't win the big
one.
Even Ten-y Bradshaw, Joe
Greene, Franco Harris and

Lynn Swann, stars of the
:Steelers' four Super Bowl
champions of the 1970s,
never put together anything
like this championship run of
a lifetime,.
The Steelers rallied from.
10 points down to-win at:

Cincinnati, helped by an
early injury to Bengals star
quarterback Carson Palmer
They beat Super Bowl
favorite Indianapolis 21-18 in
a stunning upset that will be
long remembered for Jerome
Bettis' late-game fumble that

nearly turned a certain victo-
ry into a historic defeat, and
the Roethlisberger tackle
that made certain it didn't
That victory carried them
to a 34-17 AFC championship
Please see STEELERS/Page 3B

layup that gave him the niile-

Please see 6*1RP'IOF/Page 3B

dose

enough

Reflection will

have to wait for

frustrated Seattle
SA'sociated Press

DETROIT No apprecia-
tion or consolation in Seattle
for the Seahawks, at least not
yet.
Nope, they were still stuck
in frustration.
The post-Super Bowl parties
went into early Monday morn-
ing as the Seahawks at least
tried to celebrate their season,
instead of their somber
Sunday. Later, coach Mike
Holmgren tried to refocus the
teani. mr'omentarily, on what it
had done and what it still may
do.
a little dis-
appointed
this morn-

said at the team's
hotel in suburban
Dearborn, just before the team
returned to Seattle and hours
after the Seahawks' mistake-
filled, 21-10 loss to Pittsburgh.
"But I'm ve'y,; very proud of
our football team, What we
accomplished this year We're
going to come back firing away
next year."
After flying home, they went
directly to a rally of a few thou-
sand fans at Qwest Field. They
came to celebrate a franchise-
best 15-4 season, a team-record
11-game winning streak and
their first playoff win since
1984 as best they could.
The civic pick-me-up was
intended to move the team and
its. city past Seattle's Super
Bowl implosion. But because
the Seahawks feel they squan-
dered the NFL championship,
the future isn't foremost in
their minds.
"It's hard, man," defensive
tackle Rocky Bernard said.
And he didn't mean the
pulled right hamstring he sus-
tained late in the Super Bowl.
"I mean, if a team just goes

Jimmie Johnson, right, talks with crew chief Chad Kno
practice session at the Dover Speedway on Sept. 23,
rumor that Knaus wanted out, and both had no idea whi
was coming from. By the time the meeting ended, car
Hendrick was satisfied all was well with his team.

WAILEA, Hawaii -
Raymond Floyd and Dana
Quigley won the Champions
Skins Game on Monday, team-
ing to win 10 skin's and a record
$510,000 to :beat defending
champion Jack Nicklaus and
Tom Watson in the alternate-
shot event-
The 63-year-old Floyd holed
an 8-foot birdie putt on No. 17
Associated Press for nine skins and $410,000 to
)use during a seal his record sixth Skins
There was a Game victory. He also made a
ere such talk 10-foot birdie putt on the first
r owner Rick playoff hole for another skin
and $100,000.

eight skins and $26zou,U, and
the teams of Arnold Palmer-
Peter Jacobsen and Gary
Player-Hale Irwin were shut
out in the event that switched
to the two-man format this'year
after 18 seasons as a four-man
individual event.
The eight players have com-
bined to win 561 tournaments
worldwide including 49
majors and more than $100
million. Jacobsen, the youngest
in the field at 51, and Quigley,
the 2005 Champions Tour play-
er of the year, made their first
Please see SKINS/Page 2B

ed. By the time the meeting
was over, Hendrick was satis-
fied all was well with his No. 48
team.
',Iimmie and I have never-
been more committed to each
other, to the team and to win-'
ning a championship than we
are right now," Knaus said.
That commitment should
make Johnson the favorite to
finally break through and'
claim his first NASCAR cham-
pionship, He's come agonizing-
ly close three times already,
finishing second in the points
in 2003 and 2004 and fifth last
year.
Please see NASCAR/Page 3B

- ~

Johnson, Knaus

NASCAR's team to beat

.o T~r.= I EOAV b)5.KUTA.V7KX 0 /,s nisCorZ-(F) bvcu,

NBA: Wizards

drop Magic 94-82

Associated Press sHAwm

Associaled Pres,
The Mavericks face Kobe Bryant and the,
Lakers once again tonight.

Streaking

Mavs await

Kobe's return

Associated Press

DALLAS Before the Dallas
Mavericks held their last 11 opponents
under 100 points, a team-record run that
coincides with their NBA-best winning
streak, they couldn't stop Kobe Bryant.
Before Bryant scored 81 points against
Toronto two weeks ago. he had been on
pace to do that against Dallas. He had 62
through three quarters, outscoring the
Mavericks on his own Dec. 20, then didn't
even play in the fourth quarter of the
Lakers' 22-point home victory.
"He probably could have had 80, or even
more against us," Dirk Nowitzki said
Monday
"The expression on his face, he was
very excited. His teammates were excited.
Phil (Jackson) was kind of laughing,"
Jason Terry said. "It was depressing on
our end."
Dallas' mood has greatly improved
since then, but the Mavericks are about to
find out how much better their defense
really is. Next up are Bryant and the
Lakers.
Tuesday night's game is in Dallas,
where Bryant, the NBA scoring leader at
35.7 per game, put up 43 in his other
matchup against the Mars this season.
"The times we've played them this-year
were games where I couldn't afford to sit
in the pocket and wait," Bryant said. "I
liad:toconie out and be assertive rightioff
the bat because we'd come off a couple of
tough losses."
That's not good news for Dallas because
Los Angeles is in that situation again.
Getting ready for their sixth straight
road game, the Lakers have three double-
digit losses in a row. Included is a 10-point
loss against Charlotte, which has the
NBXs worst record.
Before the Lakers practiced in Dallas
on Monday, Bryant said he hadn't seen the
Mavericks play since that December game
and wasn't sure if he would see a more
aggressive defense.
"Maybe they'll wait and see if I get on a
roll or something like that." Bryant said.
Wait too long, and it could be too late to
slow him down.
Bryant. who averaged 43.4 points per
game in January has been the Lakers'
leading scorer in all but six games this
season and 16 in a row. He leads the
NBA in field goals made (11.7) and
attempted (25.9) per game.
After the Mavericks' 110-91 victory over
Seattle on Saturday night, several players
were given DVDs filled with Bryant's
highlights against them and other teams.
"I sure hope we're different. We seem to
hate been playing more physical basket-
ball on the defensive end," Mars coach
Avery Johnson said. ":Again, that was just
one of those special games, the guy got on
fire and obviously, since that's happened,
we're not the team he's.scored the most
points against."
While Johnson has stressed defense
since becoming coach last March, and was
embarrassed by %what happened against
Bryant in December; he doesn't want his
team to completely alter what it's been
doing in recent weeks. ,
"It's not about us against a guy. It's about
team defense and team offense," Johnson
said. "We're not goingto get so emotional
to the standpoint that we lose who we are
... No matter what happens, we're still
moving in the.right direction," :
Johnson has stressed being, physical-
and smart. Those are attributes he said'
were missing in the two losses to the
Lakers. Dallas has lost only eight other
games and is tied with San Antonio for the
best record in the Western Conference (37-
10).
No matter what they do defensively,: the
Mavericks know Bryant is still going to
score his points.. ,
"Obviously we don't mind him scoring
30 or 40 when he shoots the ball 30, 35.
times," Nowitzki said. "The last two times,
he's been very, very efficient with his scor-
ing and shooting percentage. We'd like to
make it harder on him, make .him take
tough shots and find the other guys some.'"
Their main goal, however, is to stretch
the second-best winning streak in team
history, behind only a 14-0 start three sea-
sons ago. Detroit, which has the best
record in the league, had won 11 in a row
before a loss at New Jersey last week.
"As long as we Win," Nowitzki said, "he
can score 80."

WASHINGTON Gilbert Arenas had
23 points and eight assists, Antawn
Jamison 21 points and 11 rebounds, and
the Wizards finally returned to .500.
The Wizards took the lead early in the
first quarter and didn't trail again as they
hit the break-even mark for the first time
since Dec. 7. They had been flirting with
the .500 mark for three weeks, a quest that
was starting to get somewhat tiresome.
Arenas struggled from the field, making
only six of 24 shots.
DeShawn Stevenson scored 20 points to
lead Orlando.
Cavaliers 89, Bucks 86
CLEVELAND LeBron James scored 22
points, including a go-ahead layup in the final
seconds, to lead the injury-depleted Cleveland
Cavaliers to an 89-86 victory over the
Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night.
James added 12 assists and nine rebounds
as he nearly completed his fourth triple-double
of the season, but it was his powerful move to
the basket that gave Cleveland an 87-86 lead
and enabled the Cavaliers to break a two-game
losing streak.
Bobby Simmons scored 21 points to lead
Milwaukee, which has lost five of eight including
four in a row on the road.
Rockets 87, 76ers 81
PHILADELPHIA Yao Ming scored 27
points, grabbed 13 rebounds and Houston held
the 76ers without a field goal for more than 15
minutes in the second half.
Only free throws kept the Sixers in this one
after an incredible stretch of offensive inept-
ness. They did not score from 4:41 in the third
to 1:05 in the fourth 15:36 overall and
nearly became the second team in the last
week to go without a field goal in the fourth
quarter after the Kings went 0-for-20 against
Utah.,
Philadelphia made 18 free throws during that
stretch that remarkably allowed them to hang
on. The Sixers missed 14 straight shots in the
quarter before.Iverson finally scored on a three-
point play. Andre Iguodala followed with a 3 that
made it 85-79, and Iverson added another bas-
ket, giving the Sixers three three! in the
quarter, but it was too late.

Azsocialed Pr6ES
Hedo Turkoglu defends Washington guard
Gilbert Arenas, right, during the second
quarter.
of tying the franchise's longest home winning
streak, set in 2002-2003 and equaled the fol-
lowing season.
Heat 114, Celtics 98
MIAMI (AP)- Dwyane Wade had 34 points,
eight rebounds and eight assists to lead the
Heat.
Shaquille O'Neal added 21 points to help
Miami win for the fifth time in six games.
The Heat held a 77-74 lead with a 1:13 left in
the third quarter, before going on a 22-6 run
over the next 7 minutes to seal the victory.
O'Neal capped the run with a.three-point play
with 5:53 left in the game that gave Miami a 99-
80 lead.
Bobcats 119, SuperSonics 106
rUAI r-TTr- M r. P.mmnnr c I ua

U.n/LU I I tI, IN.'. RIaymoniU rFeltUon
Nets 99, Hornets 91 scored 24 points and Melvin Ely.added 23, both
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Richard career highs, to lead the suddenly streaking
Jefferson scored 26 points and Vince Carter Bobcats.
added 21 to help New Jersey win its 11th Charlotte snapped its record 13-game losing
straight at home. streak on Friday night with a shocker over the
Jason Kidd, the NBA's active leader with 70 Los Angeles Lakers, then followed it with a
triple-doubles, missed his 71st by one rebound decisive and dominating win over the Sonics.
as he.finished with,14 points, ,11 assists and., Charlotte, led from,,the opening tip,..built a sec-
nine boards. ond-half lead of 25 points, and won consecutive
The Nets (25-21) moved to within two games games for the first time since Dec. 27-28.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. Martin St.
Louis scored the tying goal with
1:12 left in regulation and then set
up Vincent Lecavalier's break-
away winner in overtime that gave
the Tampa Bay Lightning a 3-2 vic-
tory over the New York Islanders
on Monday night.
With Sean Burke pulled for an
extra attacker: St Louis got his
stick on Dan Boyle's shot from the
right point and knocked the puck
past goalie Rick DiPietro, who did-
n't see it.
That tied the game at 2 and only
set up more drama in overtime.
New York nearly won it as the
clock ticked down in the final
minute but Mark Parrish's
rebound shot was blocked in front
by Darryl Sydor. Pavel Kubina
moved the puck out to St. Louis,
who found Lecavalier streaking
alone at center ice.
He came in oin DiPietro, deked
him onto his back and beat him,
with a shot past his glove with 54 5
seconds showing oni the clock.
Tampa Bay improved to 8-1-1 in
its last 10 games and beat. New,
York by one goal for the third time
this season. The Lightning have
won six' straight against the
islanders, dating to a first-round
playoff victory in 2004 during the
Lightning's Stanley Cup run.,
Mike York and Jason Blake
scored for the Islanders.
Fredrik Modin put the Lightning
in front 1-0 just '1:22 in and Burke

SKINS
Continued from Page 1B

appearance in the event.
They are the only ones with-
out a major victory and a
spot in the Hall of Fame.
After teams halved Nos. 9-
16, the par-4 17th was worth
eight skins and $410,000,
breaking Floyd's record for,
the most money won on a
hole $290,000 in 1995. :
Floyd gently -talpped the
ball, which paused on the

finished with 28 saves.
Blake tied it with 5:46 left in the
second period with his 20th goal.
York put the Islanders in front 9-19
into the third with his 11th. He
came in with just one goal in 20
games.
New York lost for the second
time in three games following a
season-best three-game winning
streak.
After the Islanders put early
pressure on Burke, Tampa Bay
turned the tide.
Lightning defenseman Paul
Ranger charged into the slot from
the left point to get to the puck. He
wound up for a big drive but-
instead found Modin alone at the
left post for an easy redirect past
DiPietro.
Tampa Bay had three power-
play chances in the opening period
against the 'NHEs worst home
penalty killers but couldn't gener-
ate much offense. The Lightning
held only an 8-6 edge in shots
through 20 minutes.
They even started the second,
period with a man up, but the
Islanders got the better of the scor--
ing chances then, too. Only Burke,
who has been in a steady goalie
rotation with John Grahame, kept
the Lightning in it.
The Islanders failed to take
advantage of Ruslan Fedotenko's
double -minor for high-sticking.
against former Lightning defense-
man Brad Lukowich but they did
tie it before the second period
ended.

rim, before dropping in
Floyd hunched over his put-
ter in amazement as Quigley
and the gallery cheered.
Floyd also made his birdie
attempt on the playoff hole,
and Irwin was unable to con-
vert his 6-footer to halve the
hole..
The players were loose
and chatty at the beginning
of the round, but got serious
as the day wore on the
Wailea Golf Club's .Gold
Course, a scenic layout that
features ancient Hawaiian.
rock walls and 93 bunkers.

Blake whiffed on a shot, and the
puck slid to the side of the net to
Miroslav Satan. He moved it to
York, who was just inside the right
circle, for a quick shot that deflect-
ed off Blake and in.
. New York took the lead when
Satan made a long lead pass to
Brent Sopel, who found York in the
left circle.
Senators 5, Penguins 2
OTTAWA- Peter-Schaefer had two
'goals and an assist, backup goalie Ray
Emery got his first win in more than a
month and the Ottawa Senators.
extended Pittsburgh's losing streak to -
six games with a 5-2 win over the
plummeting Penguins on Monday night.
Christoph Schubert, Zdeno Chara
and Bryan Smolinski also scored for

The 7.078-yard course is
built on the slopes of the dor-
mnant volcano Haleakala and
has views of the ocean and
uninhabited Kahoolawe
island from nearly every
hole. -
.Team Nicklaus-Watson
dominated the front nine
with eight straight skins
worth $260,000 behind the
Golden Bear's clutch put-
ting.
Nicklaus, the defending
champion, made a 12-footer
for birdie on the 192-yard
eighth hole to pick up seven

skins and $230,000. The sun-
splashed gallery roared as
Nicklaus pumped his arms
in the air.
Nicklaus also holed an 8-
foot birdie putt that turned
slightly left-to-right 'on the
par-4 first that earnedthem a
$30,000 skin.
Irwin and Player missed
three key opportunities.
With four skins and $120,000
on the line, Irwin missed a 3-
foot birdie putt to the left on
the par-4 fifth.
Player missed a 5-foot
downhill birdie putt on the

Ottawa, which had lost three of four,
including a 2-1 shootout loss Saturday
in Buffalo. "
Ryan Malone and Enc Boguniecki
scored for Pittsburgh, which lost 7-2 to
Ottawa at home Wednesday. The
Penguins have dropped 16 of 17.
Schaefer assisted on Smolinski's 5--
on-3 goal 10:33 into the second which
put Ottawa up 3-1 before adding his
own power-play goal at 11:39 to
increase the lead to three.
Boguniecki, who assisted on
Malone's opening goal 1:14 in, scored
his third 15:34 into the second to draw
Pittsburgh to 4-2.
Schaefer restored the Senators'
three-goal lead 51 seconds into the
third when he put a nifty move on
goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.

par-3 11th, worth three skins
and $120,000. Irwin then'
missed a 12-footer on No. 16'
that would've 'earned the
team eight skins and
$360,000.
Player tapped in to halve
the hole with Nicklaus-
Watson.
Despite playing limited
golf and, recovering front
back surgery, Nicklaus won
last year's event with 11
straight skins for $340,000;;
the largest payday in his sto-
ried career that includes 18,
major wins. ,

stone was a nice drive to the
hoop and the last two points of
the night came off his own miss.
on a 3 from the corner.
'Ludwick followed the play
even as a Hurricanes player
grabbed the rebound and
picked off an errant pass for an
easy bucket
Neither of those plays would
have been commonplace to see
as early as two years ago.
While the guard will always,
be more known for his ability to
, hit a 3 from anywhere in his-
halfcourt (more on that later),
Ludwick now drives to the bas-
ket with much more frequency
and the numbers prove it
According'to Ervin, Ludwick
has hit over 60 3s this season but.

over 100 two-point field goals.
Compare that to the 93 3-
pointers Ludwick hit as a fresh-
man.
'As a freshman, he started .off
as nothing but a perimeter
shooter," Ervin said. "He's pol-
ished his game so much since
then."
While Ludwick has shown
more of .a commitment to
defense and being a leader
each year, make no mistake that
the long ball is still his strongest
attribute.
With Bishop McLaughlin
playing a box-and-1, Ludwick
.was relegated to taking out-
side shots for much of the first
half.
"That's the 16th time he's
faced that this season," Ervin
said. "The difference is that he's
really matured as a player,
especially this year, and he
takes what they give him."

Knight, Char. 44 366 8.3
Miller, Den. 49. 400 8 2
kidd, N.J. 45 354 7 9
Paul N O. 45 345 7 7
Iverson Phil. 43 326 76
Matbury N Y. '7 41 282 69
Wade M.a 46 314 68
NBA Today
SCOREBOARD
Tuesday. Feb. 7
L.A Lakers at Dallas 18 30 pm EST):
The Mavericks are riding an NBA best 11-
ganme winning streak
STAR
'Sunday
Elton Brand Ciipper,"- scored 30
points in a 115-113 overtime win at
;Toronto. -
r MAKING HISTORY
The Los Angeles Clippers moved 11
games over 500 for the first lime in team
history after its 115-113 overtime victory at
Toronto on Sunday
DEBUT SPOILED
Jalean Rose had 16 points and 11 assists
in '-is New York debut on Sunday but the
Knickst ost 93-89, to Houston Rose was
acquired from .Toronto on Friday for
Antonio Davis
si'"" LUiMPING .
Nhew Y*ork. ha.~'aropped five straightl'Brid
11 of 12 after a 93.-89 loss to Houston on
Sunday. The Knicks have had losing
streaks of five games or longer four times
this season. ,
SPEAKING
";t's like whe- you smoke cigarettes.
you ve got to take that nicotine patch and
break Iat habit We ve got a habit of los-
ing right now. We need to get like, a nico-
tine winning palch We've got to break that
habit of losing because it can become a
habit Ron Aneit aher Sacramenlo s
98-78 win over Ulah on Sunday The Kings
haven t i losi at home since Jan 8. but are
1-6 on the road during that sirelcn

BASEBALL
Baseball America Top 25
DURHAM N C AP, The top 25
teams in the Baseball America poll with
records through Feb 5 and previous rank-

All seven of his field goal
attempts were from beyond the
arc. and Ludwick hit three of
those, the last of which was a
gem.
The Warriors had the' ball
with 4.7 seconds :left and the
ball under their opponents' bas-
ket:
There wasn't a doubt as to
who would take the last shot
and Ervin drew up the half's
final play accordingly.
"I called a double screen for
Cory to get him a deep 3," Ervin
said.
Ludwick did get off an
attempt with less than a second
left from about five feet inside
the halfcourt line.
The shot hit nothing but net
Considering the difficulty of the
attempt, there wasn't much cel-
ebration Ludwick smiled and
got a high-five from, a teammate.
Maybe it was because his team

expected him to hit that shot.
"I've relied on him for four
years and that shot didn't sur-
prise me," Ervin said.
Pointing to a place roughly
eight feet behind the three-
point line, Ervin said, "You see
that spot? He's comfortable
shooting out there."
One more stat: Ludwick has-
n't been on a losing team as a
member of the Warriors. He
doesn't have to worry about that
this season, with his team 10
games over .500 this late in the
year
But he also isn't looking for-
ward to the year ending any
time soon.
"I definitely don't want this to
end," Ludwick said. "Our goal is
to keep going."
The Warriors play 6 p.m.
tonight in the District 1A-6 semi-
finals against First Academy of
Leesburg.

NASCAR
Continued from Page 1B

His 2003 run gave the team
the confidence it needed to go
after a title. It opened 2004 as
the team to beat, winning eight
races while spending most of
the season atop the standings.
But a late-season swoon forced
Johnson to fight his way back
into contention. He ultimately
fell eight points shy of the title
in NASCAR's closest champi-
onship race.
Then 2005 was supposed to
be Johnson's year. He came out
surging, leading in points for 17
weeks. But again his team fal-
tered, and ultimately wasn't as
solid as champion Tony
Stewart and his Joe Gibbs
Racing team. Johnson wound

STEELERS
Continued .from Page 1B

game win at Denver. Then.
after a bye week that drained
some of their momentum after
they won seven games in seven
weeks, they shook off
Roethlisberger's first poor
game in two months and a slug-
gish start to beat the Seahawks.
"It was ;Just tell us where
we're going next, just send us
off to another team,"' Cowher
said Monday "I think the guys
thrived on that. With all due
respect to Heinz Field, we just
kept going off(on the road)."
Cowher and his players felt
something special building
weeks ago, and so could Hall of
Famer Greene, who now works
in their personnel department
When Greene had lunch with
Cowher on Saturday, he looked
at the coach and said, "'You
guys got it, don't you?"
Cowher replied the team was
in a zone.It's a zone they didn't
leave even during some rough
times against the Seahawks
: that included two interceptions
thrown by Roethl isberger:
"We had a chance to make
history, and that motivated me
a little more," center Jeff
Hartings said. "You can make
history by going 16-0 and win-
ning the Super Bowl and we
did the opposite. We made his-
tory by winning as a sixth
seed."
They did so after Cowher
recited some American history
To motivate his players when
they were 7-5 and the playoffs
wee'ien doubt, Cowher related
and here's a never-before-
used coaching ploy -
Christopher Columbus' jour-
ney to America in 1492 and how

SEAHAWKS
Continued from Page 1B

out and overpowers you, then
you're like, 'Hey, we got beat'
But I think we beat ourselves,"
Bernard said.
So did most of his teammates
and even the perspective-
filled Holmngren.
"I know they're not OK with
it," the coach said of his players.
"I wanted them to keep their
heads up. There's no need to
apologize for anything. We lost
the football game and we lost it
because of the reasons you lose
most games ... mistakes."
The best team in Seahawks
history was in no mood to revel
in its accomplishments.'
"Nai, man," linebacker D.D.
Lewis said. "I thought aboutthat
last week
"I'll spend the next weeks
thinking about getting back
here."
And the Seahawks were still
stinging from a few officials'
calls that went against them,
such as Darrell Jackson's touch-
down catch that was taken away
by a penalty and a disputed TD
run by Pittsburgh's Ben
Roethl isberger.
"We knew it was going to be
tough playing against the
Steelers," Holmgren said. "But I
didn't know we were going to
have to take on the guys in the
striped shirts, too." "
The Seahawks have some
rock-solid building blocks to
pull that off: Three Pro Bowl
offensive linemen leading a bal-
anced and potent offense and a
young, fast defense.

But that foundation has two,
potentially gaping voids that
need filling.
Team owner Paul Allen, team
president Tim Ruskell and
salary-cap architect Mike
Reinfeldt don't face the possible
16 free agents they did a year
ago. But they do have the con-
tracts of league MVP Shaun
-Alexander and guard Steve
Hutchinson expiring.
If the don't re-sign Alexander
before March 3, he will become
one of the league's most coveted
free agents.
Can Seattle pay both Pro
Bowl players? Alexander led
the league with a team-record

up fifth in the standings after.
blowing a tire during the finale.
Who's to say things will bei
different this year? Knaus, for 2
one.
Knaus is widely considered-
the best crew chief in the
garage right now, a title that.,
can be both satisfying and stig-
matizing.
But in the midst of losing yet.
another title, Knaus realized.
something in him and his
inherited style had to change if
.he and Johnson were ever'
going to make it that final step. :l
"I think the worst thing that
could have happened to me
last year was that we led the-
points so early for so long, and:
I didn't want to give it up," he*
said. "I tried really hard to*
make sure we maintained that
pace all year long and I got
really tired."

many told him it was an impos-,
sible trip.
"There's a lot of people
telling you that you can't do it.
but, you know v.hat, that does-
n't, mean you don't. go try,"
Cowher said. "'Don't let your
journey be defined by history,
let your journey make history."
Bettis took his place in NFL
history by retiring as the.
league's No. 5 career rusher
after finally winning a Super
Bowl in his 13th season, and in
his hometown of Detroit. What
is still to be seen is how Bettis'
departure affects the team's
locker room "This is the clos-
est team we've ever had,"'
Cowher said and this team's-
future.
The core components are relp
actively young, which should
make the Steelers contenders'
for years: the 23-year-old
Roethlisberger, the youngest'
QB to win a Super Bowl; Willie
Parker, the running back who
starred for a Super Bowl cham-
pion after not starting in col-,
lege: Super Bowl MVP receiver
Hines Ward: All-Pro guard'
Alan Faneca: safety Troy
Polamalu; nose tackle Casey.
Hampton: linebackers Joey.
Porter and James Farrior:
"This will make coach
Cowher even hungrier," defen-,
sive end Aaron Smith said. "He-
will enjoy this, but come next
season he'll be even hungrier
to get back here."
And while Cowher cited'
Columbus to inspire his team,i
maybe he also should have,:
quoted Robert Frost's poem
"The Road Not Taken."'
Frost wrote: "I took the road.
less traveled. by, and that .hasr!
made all the difference.".' I":,
The Steelers took the road.
less traveled, too, and what a
difference it made.

1.880 yards rushing and a,
league-record 28 touchdowns
before Pittsburgh held him to95',
yards and out of the end zone.
He is expected to command.
over $20 million in a signing'
bonus alone. Agent Jim Steiner.
said last week the two sides.
remain so far apart in figures,
he can't predict where-
Alexander will be playing in
2006. *
Late Sunday, Allen didn't
sound worried about Alexander-
leaving. -
"As I said before, I am optiP
mistic about that," the Microsoft '
co-founder said in: the&
Seahawks' locker room.
"Obviously, there will be discus-
sions with his agent over the',
coming weeks."
Hutchinson and his, agent,
Tom Condon, may aim for some- '
thing approaching the $20 mil-.
lion in total bonuses Seattle,
gave perennial Pro Bowl left-
tackle Walter Jones last offsea-.
son.
Hutchinson, on his way to his
third straight Pro Bowl, said last
week he expected to return. The..
Seahawks have a fallback plan,
they could use to keep him. -
Since they have already;
promised Alexander they would
not use their lone franchise des-.,
ignation on him this offseason.
as a condition to get him signed
for 2005, the Seahawks could
use that tag and its mandated,,,
one-year contract to keep
Hutchinson for 2006.
Holmgren said that next sea-
son offers "hope."
"As far as the window of2
opportunity and where a team'
is, this is a young team here,'"
Holmgren said on his way out of

Detroit "The key individuals"
are young and have a few more -
years of really good productivity
"The organization is in good"
hands. Things are in place.
There's no reason to think that".
now we've got the taste of it a lit-
tle we can't continue this for a,
while."
But for Holmgren and his
frustrated Hawks, such opti-
mism will have to wait
"I'm not going to look ahead
for a little while," Holmgren
said, still stuck on his second
loss in three Super Bowls as a
head coach.
"I'm going to hibernate for a
few days somewhere."

TuEsDAir, FEBRLj,Ry 71 2006 3B:

SPORTS

RTIC US CODr[Y (Fl E

Smworrs

9*5 UESDAYl, IS.BRUARY /, .4uV

Rich history in bowling

Don Rua
LOCAL
BOWLING

Local retiree still

going strong on

the local lanes
Have you ever heard of
the Greater Citrus
United States Bowling
Congress Association?
If you're a bowler in the
area you should have. If you
bowl in a sanctioned league
you are a member of it
whether you know it or not. It
is the managing association
for sanctioned bowlers and
events, and every bowler who
bowls in a league is required
to be a member, or be certi-
fied, to bowl.
Most bowlers are probably
aware of the group, but some
newer ones may not.
Newer bowlers may not be
aware that when they paid a

$14 annual membership fee,
the fee was split between a $6
local portion and an $8
national fee. Both amounts
are used for the association's
operating expenses and
awards.
I found out about the associ-
ation from its associate man-
ager Bob Hacker. Hacker
knows bowling; it has been a
major part.of his life. He has
participated in league play
since he was a 16-year-old in

1945. Which
means he's
been bowling
for 60 years
stead ilyy,
except for the
four years he
was in the U.S.
Navy.
Originally
from St. Louis,
he retired
from the
postal service
and moved to
Florida in
1988. As the
result of annu-

your bow

no idea w

involved i

a league

on what it take

al visits to visit his mother-in-
]a%% in Inverness, Bob and his
wife decided that they wanted
to retire here.
He currently bowls in four
leagues a week and three dif-
ferent "houses," in addition to
being the secretary for two of
the leagues. He said it's been
this way for much of his life.

He also was drawn behind the
scenes early on as well.
"I just love the game,"
Hacker said, "I had to get
involved in the background.
Most of your bowlers have no
idea what all is involved in
making a league work. It's fas-
cinating, and'a lot of work by
some dedicated people."
Hacker .is amazingly hum-
ble about' his .game. He has
one sanctioned 300 game
under his belt, and has rolled
three more on
the side.
MIost of When asked
about his per-
lers have fect game,
Hack er
vhat all is laughed and
m K g replied,. "It
in main doesn't matter
how many you
e work. have, you still"
get butterflies
in the last
frame. When I
Bob Hacker bowled mine,
s to run.a bowling my wife came
league. upto me in the
10th and told
me to just remember "feet
slo. ... follow through.' It did
the trick."
He says he has held every
office imaginable in bowling.
He carries between a 190 and
200 average and has a high
series off 772.
"Any decent bowler can get
in a zone and have a perfect

game, but it takes real talent
to roll an 800 series.," Hacker
said.
He has also bowled in 29
national tournaments, 18 state
tournaments, and bowls in
every county tournament
held. He has been associated
with and worked behind the
scenes with the association
for the 18 years he's been in
Florida. Besides all of his
time involved 'in bowling,
Hacker is also a starter ranger
at one of the Black Diamond
Ranch Golf courses.
All of the people involved
with the association are vol-
unteers. They maintain all the
records of the bowlers in the
county, give awards for spe-
cial accomplishments and are
big supporters of the youth
bowling in the area.
They host tournaments for
charitable causes and to
award scholarships to promis-
ing young bowlers. They have
donated over $1000 to hos-
pices over the past three
years, with money raised from
these tournaments. Besides
the entry fees, they rely on
sponsors to help reach their
goals. Their next big tourna-
ment is coming up this month.

I Don Rua. Chronicle
Bowling correspondent, can
be reached at
donruat1gmail.comi

Late Starters
Handicap Men Tony Chipurn 242. Boo
Pilkinton 649 Women Arlene Healon 232'
640
Wednesday Night Men
Handicap George Barlow 290 Jim
Randle 754
Scratch Jim Randle 259 721
Women's Trio
Handicap Jane Terrell 254 704
Scratch Jane Terrell 225, 617
Holder Hotshots
Handicap Men Andy Cun.s 299. 801
Women Sherry Hirt 285 748
Scratch Men Robert Hyatt 254 686
Parkview Owls
Handicap Men Ray -lallenbeck 267. Rcir
Lee 748 Women Jeanene Lee 264. 718'.
Scraich Men Ted Rafanan 235, 664
VWomen Lon Cquera 221 -
Bowlers of the Week
Men And Cunrts., 141 pins over his aver-
age
Women Sitephanie Flory 130pn-i over
ner average
Parkview Lanes Weekly News
SATURDAY STRIKE-A-MANIA
RESULTS: The tourney winner was Los
Campbell who rolled an 856 series includ-
ing a 300 game Rick Rollasonr, was second
with 838 also within a 300 game and Ives
Cnarvez finished inird even though he had
two 300 games The 8.pinr NoTap Siri.e-A-
Mania is ejer, Saturday night at 6 30prn,
and Ine cost is $12 per person
VALENTINE'S NOTAP DOUBLES: The
annual .Valentine s Day Tourney will be
Sunday February 12 The celebration will
begin itr, a special meal ai 1 30pm and
ne bowling wil sial around 2pm There
will be favors ior the ladies special music.
and a lucky person wil win a free round of
golf at Pine Ridge Country Club The cost
is $26 per couple and reservatorn must
be made by Friday Feoruary 10
RIZZO'S PIZZA GOLFBOWL DOUBLES:
Saturday February 25 is the date of the
Rizz, s Pizza GoitBowl Doubles The golf
scramble begins al Twisted Oaks Country
Club with a shotgun sian at 1 30pm then
continues with three games of' pest frame
bowling at Parkview Lane: The team first
prize ii 1100 based on 20 teams and
there are individual prizes in both golf and
bowling A special drawing will determine
Ike ariner of a free round of golf at Twisted
Oaks Couniri Club Trhe cost is $30 per
person and must be paid by Wednesday,
February 22

New tourney to

benefit

Eric van den
Hoogen
SM TENNIS

It is never too early 'to starl
talking about the next tennis
touniment. especially one
that is a mLxed doubles only
event
The American Cancer Society
Charity Benefit Tennis
Tournament at Citrus Hills'
Skyview Tennis Center will be
held on April 8-9. The event will
be mixed doubles fonnat A. B.
C, & C (60+) divisions, The entry
fee is $20 per person. Prizes
include awa-ds for Nwinners and
runners-up in each d i\ision.,
All proceeds go to the
American Cancer Society
The tournament will be held at
the Skyview tennis club at Terra
Vista in Citrus Hills. The dead-
line for entries is Wednesday,
April 5. For more information,
contact tournament director
Bruce Payne at 746-00.
Monday Night Ladies Doubles
League
The standings as of last week:
Brooksville Kick Butt, 43; Black
Diamond, 37; Brooksville Aces, 30;
Bicentennial Babes, 29; Citrus Hills
Court Defenders, 27; Sugarmill
Woodsies, 26; Pine Ridge
Racqueteers, 26; Love Inverness, 22.
Citrus County Tuesday
Women Tennis Leagues
The standings as of last week:
Sugarmill Woods, 46; Skyview, 31;
Crystal River, 27; Black Diamond, 23.
This league is geared towards the
3.0 and 3.5 level players. New play-
ers, regulars or subs, are always wel-
come. To sign up or for information
about this league, contact Char
Schmoller at 527-9218 or e-mail
schmoler@atlantic.net.
Senior Laies Tuesday 10 League
The standings as of last week:
Riverhaven Ospreys, 25;Riverhaven
Gators, 23; MeadowcrestAces, 22;
Citrus Hills, 22; Crystal River, 20;
Meadowcrest Racketts, 20; Pine.
Ridge, 19; Riverview, 17; Sugarmill,
12. For information about this league,
contact Myrtle Jones at 341-0970 or
e-mail mbj30@netsignia.net
Thursday Morning Citrus
Area Doubles League
The standings as of last week:
Citrus Hills Swingers, 71; Citrus Hills.
Aces, 57; Skyview, 52; Pine Ridge
Mavericks, 50; Sugarmill Oakies, 47;
Crystal River YoYo's, 41; Crystal River
Racqueteers, 39;Bicentennial Babes,
36; Pine Ridge Fillies, 26; Sugarmill
Sweetspots, 12. For information
about this league, contact chairperson
Gail Sansom at 746-4455 or bsan-
som@tampabay.rr.com.
Citrus County Men's League
The league started on Feb.
2nd.For more information contact
Rick Scholl at 382-0353 or e-mail
rscholl@atlantic.net.

charity

The Friday Senior Ladies Doubles
3.0- 3.5 League
The standings as of last week:
Meadowcrest Swingers, 36:
Riverhaven 25: Pine Ridge
Mustangs, 23; Meadowcrest Love,
22; Pine Ridge Colts, 18: Crystal
River, 18, Sugarmill Woods, 9; Citrus
Hackers, 8.
If you want to field a team (four
players per team with a maximum of
six) for the 2005-2006 season, or you
want to be a sub, contact Betsy
Dykes at 795-5299 or Lucy Murphy at
527-4239 or e-mail wjlrmurphy@xtal-
wind.net
Eric van den Hoogen, Chronicle
tennis corespondent, can be reached
at hoera@juno.com

Itf ou owe 10.01.10 or more in past
due taxes. there are four solunons.
SI I You can pay it in lull This is. of
course. \our best opinon.
21 'Yoil can pa.\ it otTv.ith, a credit
card This i n.ot 3 good .,olurion-
unless ,ou can pa) off Liour credit
card in fall quickly Besides. ihe [RS
charges .ou a heft) "contemelnce"
fee.
(3) You car borrow from a friend or
relamne. You already knoLu this is not
a good idea
141 You can use the equiry in your
home to p3a off} our debts
This is lour best option and %e
hase the best program.
ONE. we guarantee te lowest rate
in ,'Tring We aill beat all oRfers-or
ke'll pas y,ou S2i50
TWO. we "ill not increase sour
raie-even it -you ha.e a low credit
score

We don'r let our computer tell us
what tc. do We can gise you a loan
when others s'y no c-en if you have
a -"lo." credit -core
THREE. there's jnr excellent chance
.oui loan will be approved We
approve 6 out of 7 applicants
And many of these people hate
credit scores below 620 You ba.e an
86"0 chance of gernng a loan-no
mainer our sirumaon
%\h} must% ou call before April
15? Because \ou don't know what
the [RS ma, do after Apnl 15 The.
ma\ garnish your wages. seize your
car or e\en foreclose .our house
There's no reason to owe the [RS if
you haIe equir min ,our home We
can tell Nou-free ofL harge-and
o% er the phone if you quality. Open 7

Call 1-800-700-1242. et. 294

Mia cm.v Lc.!." 1: C.. ",. :Q'!j.! 0 a, -,'- aq-oe ,

AR FVRRTTARY 7- 2006

C
TU ES DE.AY
FEBRUARY 7, 2006
www.chronicleonline.com

-, -

~ifwrt.W~

Ag

shoe
- 5' -'

Sfits

| Just don't

feel the pinch

Snkennedy@
chronicleonline.com
Chronicle
SAs anly women can
attest if there's any-
thine better than
A;L buying a pair of
shoes and that's a big if-
it's busing them on sale.
Shoes don't make your
thighs look huge They don't
shrink in the dryer: They
don't ride up when you sit
;. do wn or draw attention to
the roll around your mid-
P die.
i .You don't have to lose just
|i 10 more pounds to it into
them. You don't have to sit
by the phone on a Fr'iday
night waiting for them to
call. They won't ever stand
1 you up or break your heart.
And one can never have
too many, especially in
black
"I probably have 60 pairs .
of shoes four pairs of golf
shoes, high heels in every
color, although I never \wear
heels, but I have a full set -
just in case," said Inverness '
shoe lover Sandra Fikes. "I
have about six or eight
ai pairs of black shoes,
because you need satin
shoes and leather shoes
and some that are dress.\
and less dressy."
Of course.
"There are only two kinds Torri Lilly displ
! of women in the world,"
said as shec
'"i writes Jane Eldershaw in sd
"Heart and Sole: The Shoes mi-tide tc
1 of Nlection of pi
l of Mv Life" "those who sandals at
love shoes and those who nd s
S had thle misfortune to be Stee toeadd,
born without the ability to
leather; two-t(
experience total bliss on day" silver
finding a pair of perfectly da"r siver
designedL pumpsl) in the right dressy sier
size at half price printand clea
iz at al eant shoes tf
Then there are those for, a a pageant h
whom shoes are a way o asTa pageant
ii ife.' "The reaso
Ao'ound Citrus Countyshoes are so
makeoty
that would be Torri Lilly, aeoir leg
provost of Central Florida she said.
o Community College's Lilly has or
Lecanto campus. A forav when buying
into her closet is truly a must be cute
sole-ful experience for any never pays ful
shoe aficionado. Where doe
"Normally. I wear shoes them'.'
that match my outfit," she "Zappos.con

Dr. C. Joseph
Bennett
AMERICAN
CANCER
SOCIETY

FDA OK

given

to drug
The U.S. Food and
Drug Administration
tFDA) recently ap-
proved a new "targeted"
cdrug called sunitinib or
Sutent for use against two
types of cancer, gastroin-
testinal stromal tumors, or
GIST, which is a rare form of
stomach cancer, and ad-
vanced kidney cancers.
The approval covers the
use of sunitinib for GIST
patients whose disease has
progressed or who are
unable to tolerate treatment
with Gleevec, the current
standard therapy. Like
Gleevec, sunitinib is a tar-
geted therapy that attacks
only certain parts of cells.
Both drugs are tyrosine
kinase inhibitors, but the
new agent attacks more than
one target to deprive tumor
cells of the blood and nutri-
ents they need to grow.
In an early look at study
data, researchers found that
sunitinib delayed the lime it.
-takes for tumors or new
lesions to grow in patients
with GIST, according to the
FDA statement. Specifically.
the median time-to-tumor
progression for patients
treated with sunitinib w\as 27
weeks, compared to six
weeks for patients w\ho
Please see E.'VNF-T '/Page 7C

"See these green boots? I
like to wear boots with
pants because that makes
the longer look, and I want
the pants and the boots to
match, so I went ionline)' to
zappos.com and put in my
size and the color and how
much I wanted to pay. Two
pair ofgreen boots came up
- and I don't think I even
paid $40 for them "
All hough Lil l doesn't

GIVE YOUR FEET A TREAT
According to the Amenrcan Orthopaedic Foot andi Ankle
Society, a suree, or 356 women foundd that almost 90 percent
wore sh:,e too small for their feet, and 80 perc-ent said they had
fool protblerris. uch as buriiorn,. hammertoes, buni riettez, Cin-.
and other dialbing foot problems.
Also, women have about 90 percent of .urgeries for these foot
maladies, costing the American public at least $3 5 billion lor
-urger, ard 15 muillonr lost ork da.,s annually
Here are some suggestiors on proper shoe ht from the AOFAS.
* Don't select shoes by the size rnarked inside the shoe tr,
them on and ludge the shoes .,' ho..', they ft r or th feet.

is they have an exact count of the M Select a shoe that conlornms as nearly as possible to the shape
longerr" shoes in her closet, she o your foot.
knows where each pair is 0 Measure! i
vo rules and rotates them by season. U Buy shoes near the end of the day w,,hen feet are larQest.
es: They Right now the sandals are Stand and walk in the shoes; there should be 3 8. to 1 2. incr,
and she in the back and the boots space for your longest toe.
e. ar e in the forefront. e Make sure the ball of your foot fits comfortably into the widest
he buy Not all these shoes ae part 'ball pocket) ot the shoe.
I she said. "Sof they're too tight don't buy them! t
he said Please see .-OE ./Page 6C
i ^
. . .... .. ... ... . . . .. ... ...... .. .. . .. . j .

SSA caught in middle Genes are just too simple

I t seems that the government's new of the HHS. However, under the dictate
: Medicare prescription drug law is of part of the Medicare Modernization,
getting its enrollees, Improvement and
pharmacies and insurers in Prescription Drug Act of
order. These three partici- 2003 (MMA), the SSA was nbt
pants were never the cause only brought in as sole
of the Part D fiasco it was determiner of claim-
always the underprepared :- appeals, but also as sole
system itself. determiner of benefit quali-
After all, the departments t ... fications fqr sonie 20 million
of Health Human. Services Medicare enrollees.
S (HHS) and the Center for Whoa! What does this
Medicare and Medicaid exactly.mean to the people
Services (CMS) had only 25 Dan'Rohan of this nation?
months to organize this pro- SENIOR Let us just take the SSA
gram for "we the people." ADV CATE problems: Before .MMA, a
And let us not forget the ADV'C E beneficiary's Medicare
already overworked, under- intermediary could handle a
staffed and ill-schooled, on this particu- denied Medicare claim, and this has
lar law, Social Security Administration been the process.for,40 years. Indeed, it
T(SSA). u t C M P s *.. "
-The SSA, unlike the CMS, is not part Please see rOHAN/Page 6C

Editor's note: In part five of his Theoretically, desirable qualities can
seven-part series about agriculture and be introduced into the genetically mod-
health, Dr. Ed Dodge examines ified species, makingthem more useful
biotechnology. to humans. It is an enticing-
s biotech our hope? .-- vision, but one with deep
Recognizing the damage flaws.
being done to planet Many genetically engi-
Earth, Robert Shapiro, then ; neered plants and animals
CEO of Monsanto, said the ? have been created in
practices of industrial agri- .. research labs. But corn has
culture were not sustain- ', *-, i genes from soil bacteria
able. fused into its genetic code to
Instead, we are told, make it toxic to many
biotechnology will lead us insects. Transgenic soy-
into a new era of safe and Dr. Ed Dodge beans have genes to make
abundant food. Genetic PASSION them resistant to Roundup.
engineering, biotech's cen- FOR HEALTH Amals have been given
terpiece, was developed genes to improve their
during the past few decades. growth or modify their dis-
It consists of grafting genes from one ease resistance.
species into the genetic code of another
species. Please see DOoGE/Page 6C

Dr. Sunil Gandhi
CA.4CER

0.13EASS

Meds

affect

bone loss

My patient, age 75,
%was diagnosed with
a backache. A com-
plete workup revealed he
had metastatic prostate can-
cer to the bone. He was start-
ed on Lupron injections for
three months.
His prostate cancer is
under good control, and his
PSA is less than 0.1.
However, my further workup
revealed that he has osteo-
porosis.
Bone is living and growing
tissue, made mostly of colla-
gen and calcium phosphate.
This combination makes
bones flexible, strong and
able to withstand stress.
Bones grow to adult size dur-
ing adolescence, but they
continue to change through-
out the lifespan.
Most people think that
osteoporosis is a disease of
women. This is a myth. After
menopause, when estrogen
levels decline in women,
they are particularly prone
to osteoporosis. Generally,
men have larger, stronger
bones than women, and they
do not experience the poten-
tially bone-weakening hor-
monal changes that women.-
Please see GAtNDHi/Page 7C

2Cl, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY /, 2006UUO ..-- C
PAID ADVERTISEMENT

It's a New Year- Time for a New You!!

by Rita Johnson
Kelly's Health Club in
Crystal River was voted the
best health club in the county
for 2005. You would certainly
expect to pay more to belong to
a club that offers so much more
than the average gym, but it
actually costs less than the
competition. And, with no
obligations to sign a contract!
Monthly memberships are
available at just $25.00, with a
special six-month membership
for a short time for :.only
$99.00. Best of all, there are
no contracts to sign.
Set amid five lush, tropical
acres of paradise, it is obvious
from the start that Kelly's. is not
\our typical warehouse gym.

Kelly's Health Club has been in
business for over 20 years, but it
is a totally different place since
the new owners took over last
year. The
entire gym etthe "
has been Y the
remodeled Best" fi
top to bottom
with gor-
geous facilities and state-of-the--
art equipment. '. "
Kelly'sI offers an outdoor
heated pool, whirlpool sauna,
tanning bed, and a new upper.
deck %%here you can train in the
fresh air and look around this
beautiful fitness report in the
heart of Crystai River.
Kelly's is open seven days a
week for your convenience. No

excuses make a commitment
to get in shape!
Call or stop by today and take
advantage of the great rates and
hew classes.
rs ofth The best gym
Rest ofthe at the best
r Less". prices what
more could
you want?
While you are there, remember
to pick up a monthly newsletter
to find out the schedule of
classes and news of what is
going on at the gym.
Kelly's Health Club is located
at 6860 W.Kelly Court (off of N.
Dunkenfield Avenue) in Crystal
River. Phone 352/795-3703.
Find more information on the
websiLe: www.kellysgym.com.

Example... A very large pool, with water.

Kelly's has professional trainers on staff to provide
safe and effective workouts, including:

WEEKEND PASS: SPECIAL
Parents It is your turn for a break, bring the I Unlimited Tanning
family Saturday & Sunday.
J JUST $50.00 I JUST $25.00
I (Plus $5 initiation fee & tax, I
1" month only) (Plus $5 Initiation fee & tax,
Restrictions apply. Offer only applies to new i 1" month only)
I members. Offer expires March 1. 2006. l;|l
Does not include tanning, massage, or I Restrictions apply. Offer only
personal training |?| applies to new members. Offer
S. wArii- icnO nYie v t. xnires March 1. 2006.

The Best Gym at the Best Pr

Monday thru Friday: 6am-10pm Saturday: 7am-9pm Sunday: 9am-4pm

657974

track

7

CiTRus CouNTY (FL) CHRoNichE

ItAT T'-T

SCihRTItU COUNTY (.FL) bCHRONIv n.ea"CLEl ae

-Pulse-light therapy: Rationale for observing renal cancers

M ore than 30,000 new
Is it dangerous cases of renal cell
cancer (RCC) are diag-

P ear Lillian, It was a
pleasure to read your
advice. I definitely
aant to. try spa treatment for
inyhair.
I'd like to ask you about
facial "pulse-light therapy".
Can it be dangerous as any
laser procedure?
Do you do it in your
place?
I am 47 years old
and wish to do
something with my
face before next
summer- nothing
radical, but more
effective than using .
cream.
Sincerely, Lillian
Natalie ASK L
Dear Natalie: I'm .
so happy that you enjoyed my
advice about the hair spa treat-
ment Your hair will love you.
To. answer your question
about the facial "pulse-light
therapy" Wow! This is an
amazing procedure that is very
popular in large cities.
I have been looking into it to
offer at my salons. This therapy:
promotes cell growth to the'
skin similar to plant photosyn-
thesis. This procedure is used
for many treatments, such as:.
wound healing and promoting
human tissue growth, promot-
ing collagen production,
increasing circulation, increas-
ing lymphatic system activity,
reducing the appearance of
aging and fine lines, generat-
ing heat and increasing blood
circulation and temporally
relieving joint and muscle
pain.,
The light therapy system is a
non-invasive, painless proce-
dure that requires absolutely
no down-time. The average
price of this procedure is about
$100 for a 30-minute session,
with results on the first treat-
ment.. To complement the
advantages of light, therapy,
you can also use the ultrasonic
skincare system that offers a
deep cleaning method for
facial pores.

Hearing loss
Audiologist Kenneth Booher,
M.S, F-AAA, will discuss how
hearing loss is assessed and the
new advancements in hearing
technology that can help us hear
better. Booher is the audiologist
fvith board-certified ENT specialist
jeffrey Marcus, M.D., a member of
the Citrus Memorial active medical
itaff.
a The program will be at 1 p.m.
Wednesday in the CMH Audi-
forium. The.free.program is open
o the public. Registration is
required by calling 344-6513.
Reserved parking for the program

Audiologist
Dan Gardner M.S.
33 years experience

This system uses ultrasonic
wave motions to turn the clean-
ing liquid into a vapor that
emulsifies and washes away
debris in the pores and easily
removes aged surface skin.
The benefits are 'that it:
increases skins metabolism,
diminishes the
appearance of wrin-
kles, removes aged
surface skin and
deeply cleans the
facial pores. Your
basic .skin care is
very important as
well.
A great ingredient
,for exfoliating .the
Knipp aged skin is glycolic
ILLIAN acid. Many derma-
tologists recom-
mend this to potential skin
cancer patients to remove skin
that may become dangerous
and cancerous.
Good luck to you Natalie; I
hope that I have given you
some helpful information.
Hair tip of the month:
You might be having a little
static cling in your hair with
the winter weather The
heaters and thicker clothing
such as sweaters often cause a
static feeling in the hair. The
solution is to put a small
amount of conditioner in your
hand and blend it through your
dry hair. The conditioner
smoothes the hair cuticle and
decreases the static feeling.

Lillian Knipp is an
internationally trained hair
designer, makeup artist,
skin-care specialist and
fashion designer. A former
model, modeling agency
owner and Citrus County
business owner, Lillian's new
advice column welcomes
questions from women and
men of all ages who need
help with hair, fashion, skin,
style and creating their
'unique look

will be available in the hospital's
"Q" parking lot, on the opposite
corner of Grace Street and
Osceola Avenue. ..
Healthy cooking
The Community Service
Department of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church will sponsor a
health lecture and Wellspring
healthy cooking classes.
Dr. Phillip Collins from Asheville,
N.C., will speak about "How to
Cure America's Major Killer."
Collins has practiced preventive
medicine for 26 years. His presen-
Please see NOTES/Page 4C

cY

FREE CONSULTATION:

Dan Gardner Inc.

Audiology Clinic

Inverness 726-4001 Crystal River 795-5377

L

Accepling
and Most -
Insurances

I NO OUT-.poCKET COrs *
WFHH MEDICARE & SUPPLEMENT ON
SCOOTERS OR POWER WHEELCHAIRS

Need New Batteries? We Carry All Home
S Medicare Covers Medical Equipment
Them. & Supplies
If You Qualify

352564 4 599 S. E. Suncoast Blvd.
.6 4 .4 Behind Dillon's Inn

nosed yearly in the United
States. The detection of small
incidental renal masses has
increased in the past two
decades because of the wide-
spread use of body imaging
modalities as generalized
screening tests. As a result,
nearly 40 percent of
the surgical proce-
dures for renal
tumors are per- Ip
formed on lesions -
less than 4 cm in
size.
Standard therapy
for !a suspected
renal cell carcino-
ma is surgical,
including open and Dr. Tom
laparoscopic LUROI
approaches with TOI
partial and total
n eph re c to my
options, as well as advancing
newer techniques such as
cryoablation, radiofrequency
ablation and extracorporeal
ablation technologies. How-.
ever, operative treatment may
not be plausible in all clinical
circumstances. A recent arti-
cle in the Journal of Urology
examined available data on
the natural history of
observed solid renal masses.
The clinical diagnosis of
RCC is based' on radiographic
findings that include ultra-
sound, CT-scan and MRI. Solid
lesions on ultrasound as well
as those that enhance on

I

L
&

cross-sectional imaging are
considered malignant until
proven otherwise. The benefit
of percutaneous biopsy of
solid enhancing lesions is lim-
ited and rarely changes clini-
cal management.
While surgical' therapy
remains the cornerstone of
treatment, some patients may
be poor candidates or unwill-
ing to accept the
Bl risks of surgical
therapy. Median
age at RCC diagno-
sis is about 65
years. As patients
age, compelling
health risks may
S,^ affect overall
y longevity more sig-
tr e nificantly than a
Stringer small or incidental
OGY untreated, enhanc-
lAY ing renal mass.
Reports on the
practice of observ-
ing renal masses at significant
risk for malignancy are limit-
ed. With the absence ofguide-
lines, both the physician and
the patient assume a calculat-
ed risk when the treatment
choice is observation, espe-
cially in the absence of patho-
logical confirmation.
The recent Journal of
Urology review analyzed data
from 1966 to present, in
regards to untreated,
observed, localized solid renal
masses. Variables examined
included initial lesion size at
presentation, growth rate,
duration of follow-up, patho-

Do benefits outweigh risks of new med?

Q. I heard about a new
prescription product
for treating menopaus-
al symptoms that may

hormone (antiandrogenic)
propeilies, which may be help-
ful in treating postmenopausal
women with acne or excessive

cause less water body or facial hair
retention. What can (hirsutism) who
you tell me about it? need HRT. How-
A: The FDA re- : ever, An geliq can
cently approved An- -'r' increase potassium
geliq for the treat- levels in the blood,
ment ot menopausal and this needs close
sy mlptoms such as monitoring.
hot flashes, night The FDA: re-
sweats and vaginal quires new safety
dryness. This new Richard Hoffmann information to be
oral' tablet, which is a, ws included in the
taken once daily, labeling of all estro-
contains estradiol PH.l- tAV~- T gen and estrogen
(estrogen) and dro- plus progestin prod-
spirenone (progestin). Drospir- ucts based upon results from
enotte is somewhat different the \Vomen s Health Initiative
from other progestins used in (WHI study. This study showed
hormonal replacement thera- that postmenopausal women
py (HRT) because it can count- taking estrogen plus progestin
er the excess water and sodium have an increased risk of heart
retention sometimes caused by attack, stroke, breast cancer
taking estrogen. and blood- clots. The risk of
Angeliq also has anti-male dementia is increased in

women older than 65.
These products should be
used only when the benefits
clearly outweigh the risks, and
should be used at the lowest
dose and for the shortest dura-
tion. It is recommended that
when these medications are
being used solely for vaginal
dryness that topical vaginal
products should be considered.

Your physician can determine
ifHRT is appropriate and what
product is most suitable.

FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE WE HONOR;
UMANA, WELLCARE, AETNA, MEDICARE
(INCLUDING CHOICE AND UNIVERSAL)
AND MANY MORE!

-Health NTs

S ,:s. '
4-' ~' 0~

ti-mke... rt
Brands You Like,..Prices You'll Love

huh?

ST J1 'fit.

TuEsDAY, FEBRu-,Ry 7, 2006 3C

T-]'II.A T r

, r-... ....- f-T) r uvnw ... ...

:if

I

.logical findings and progres-
sion to metastatic disease.
Collectively, 286 renal lesions
were analyzed. Overall mean
initial lesion size was 2.6 cm.
Eighty-six percent of the
lesions followed were less
than 4 cm. Lesions were fol-
lowed for a mean of 34 months
and grew at a mean rate of 0.28
cm annually. Of the 286 lesions
reviewed, 131 had pathologi-
cal information available with
92 percent of those malignant.
The, mean growth rate of
pathologically confirmed RCC
variants was significantly
greater than lesions for which
observational therapy was
continued. .Progression to
metastatic disease was noted
in three patients representing
1 percent of the total number
of lesions followed. Data did
not suggest a significant corre-
lation between lesion size at
presentation and the growth
rate.
S.It is now recognized that
RCC is a heterogeneous dis-
ease from its inception. The
heterogenicity is reflected in
its, clinical course. Forces
arguing. against observation
are ,the relative low risk of
anesthesia, expanding surgi-
cal options, including nephron
sparing, ablative, laparoscopic
and percutaneous approach-
es,: the ineffectiveness of sys-
temic therapy and the uncer-
tain biological potential for
untreated masses. Underlying
an- argument for observation,
particularly in the elderly

patient with comorbidities, is
the slow indolent growth'rate
observed in the analysis of a
small cohort of patients.
No definite protocol for
radiographic follow-up of
renal lesions exists, since it is
not the gold standard of thera-
py. However, the imaging
modality used should be con-
sistent and be performed with
contrast agents to evaluate
enhancement characteristics.
Prior studies should be
assessed by direct compari-
son. More frequent imaging
should be performed during
the first 24 months. Once the
lesion has demonstrated size
stability, the follow-up interval
can be cautiously extended.
Given the limitations of cur-
rent data, the only justifica-
tion for observation should be
competing health risks.
However, it would appear that
many small incidental lesions
of the kidney have a slow nat-
ural-growth rate and low,
metastatic-risk potential. This
allows the physician and
patient to choose observation
as a calculated risk for non-
treatment.'

Thomas F. Stringer, M.D.,
FACS, is president of Citrus
Urologv. Associates. president
of the Florida Urological
Society and a, clinical
professor in the Division
of Urology at the University
of Florida. Gainesville

Cash Carpet & Tile in
3 Rivers Commerce
Park, 100 yards back
rrom Route 44 in
Lecanto, has been in
business in the same
location, since 1988, yet
many first time
customers .exclaim, "I
never knew you were
here!"
What customers. are
krsuprised to find is a huge
I'Cselection from the three
,bnmajor carpet
manufacturers:' Shaw,
WtMohawk and Beaulieu;
along with every
b.conceivable hard surface
-oproduct, including
ceramics from all over
I he world, hardwoods,
Vilaminates., vinyls and
'--area rugs.
Owner, Bob Ryan,
explains, "We shop as
hard for the best
'products on the market
as the homeowner does.
The dedication shows in
the product lines being
presented in' the
showroom. Cash Carpet-
& Tile offers the latest
technologies in floor
coverings with. the best
-selections and at a faif
Tprice. Add the skilled
installers and long-
standing reputation for
._ervice, and you know.

lam

S36 oz. F 1

5 Yr. Qua
I^}-'-,.

installed w .

! "
4 -

r I l I U

why Cash Carpet & Tile
has enjoyed steady
growth for over 17 years.
This increase in
customers plus the
demand for greater
inventory has resulted in
a recent expansion to
over 6,000 square feet of
warehouse space -
making Cash Carpet &
Tile one of the largest
facilities in the county.
If you have already
been shopping around,
don't make your decision
until you have stopped
by Cash Carpet & Tile.
Stroll through one
showroom after another
and you will find exactly
what you had in mind for
your home.
Remember when you
are price shopping, that
there are three parts to
any new purchase: price,
value and service. Value,
and service are tw\o parts,
to the equation that will
be remembered long ,
after the price has been
forgotten. Cash Caripet &
Tile is dedicated to
offering the finest
products available in
every line they sell;
selling them at a fair
price; and making sure
the service continues
after the sale. .

Are you considering
remodeling your. home?.
Your floor covering
certainly has 'the largest
impact on the style -and.
decor of your room.
-Are. you drawn. to the
Xarmth and seemingly
endless choices; in color
and styles available with
carpeting? ,New carpet-.
st\les and colors allow you
to totally change yourt
home even with the"
tightest budget.
-Do you love the'look of
hardwoods, but want the
easy care and durability of
the new 1

laminates? Cash
Carpet & Tile has the:
newest technologies and,
styles on the market that
simulate hardwood or
ceramics. plus many
other styles,
Your floor covering
certainly has the largest
impact on the style and
decor of your room.

-See the complete line of
natural hardwoods that add
a look, of beauty and
richness to any room:.
-Do you need an area rug
to accent the decor or to add
a spot of comfort and
warmth? With sor many: i
choices, you are certain to
find just what you want.
Stop in today and discover
the reasons! that set Cash
Carpet & Tile apart from the
big box stores:
Personal attention from
start to finish puts you in
control of the transaction
Over 17 years of
experience in the area with a

solid reputation for service
after the sale.
Trained and knowledgeable
sales professionals \%ho only deal
in the area of floor coverings.
S*- The qualified technicians at
Cash Carpet -& Tile are fully
licensed and insured.
Extensive warehouse
inventory on site for quick delivery
and installanon.
Stop in and let the sales staff
assist you in making the right
choice for your home. Discover
why the customers agree with their
slogan: "Floor covering that says .
..ELCOME HOME".

TUESDAY, FEBRu& 7, 2006 isc

-HEALTH

d'GITRUS COUNTY (F

HEALTH 'I musDCOUNTY (FL)YCHRONICLE

SHOES
Continued from Page 1C

shoes are from the '80s and
'90s, from when I was in West
Virginia.
"I wear them and keep hav-
ing new heels put on them,"
she said.
Lilly said her fondness for
shoes stems from her child-
hood in West Virginia.
"I grew up poor," she said,
"and I had a pair of red canvas
shoes, like Mary Janes, and
they were ugly Those were the
only shoes that I owned."

She said that one Saturday
she and her mother had gone
into town and the movie
"Sleeping Beauty" was playing
at the theater.
"I wanted to see it so bad, but
my red shoes were worn out,"
she said. "So I had to choose
between getting a new pair of
red shoes or going to the movie.
"I knew my mom wanted me
to choose the shoes; that was
the right thing to do," she said.
"I guess growing up like that,
always wanting nicer shoes I
think things that happen to you
in childhood shape the way you
are when you grow up." .
Lilly said. she has foot prob-

lems, not from wearing high
heels, but from her years as a
ballet dancer.
Oh, my achin' feet
Shoes don't cause foot prob-
lems, said Inverness podiatrist
Thomas Matysik, DPM. "That's
a common misconception," he
said.
But take a bad foot, and ill-
fitting shoes will make existing
problems worse, he said.
He called the current style of
pointy, pointy toes "across the
board bad," with high, high
heels and platform. soles
almost as detrimental.
"Style shouldn't be a consid-

eration when buying shoes," he
said, "but ..."
He said the best shoe, foot-
healthwise, should have a
rounded, roomy toe box and a
lower heel.
"If you don't do anything
else, get your foot measured by
someone who's qualified," he
said. And fit to your largest
foot
He suggested that shoe shop-
pers trace their feet on a piece
of plain paper and take it to the
store with them.
"Put the shoe you want to
buy on the 'foot,' he said. "If
you can see the trace line, that
means the shoe's too small."

VACATIONING?
* Remember to take photos during the trip, to submit to the
Dream Vacation Photo Contest.
* Send in a photo with a brief description of the trip. Include
the names of anyone pictured, and include a contact name
and phone number on the back.
* Weekly winners will be published in the Sunday Chronicle.
* At the end of the year, a panel of judges will select the best
photo during the year and that photographer will win a prize.
* Avoid photos with computerized dates on the print.
* Make sure photographs are in sharp focus.
* Submit photos to the Chronicle at 1624 N. Meadowcrest
Blvd., Crystal River, FL 34429.

DODGE.,
Continued from Page 1C

Transgenic organisms are
not confined to research labo-
ratories. Many have been
released to "improve" our
world.
In essence, we have, all
become part of a gigantic
experimental model, the out-
come of which cannot be con-
fidently predicted by anyone.
Dr. Barry Commoner, senior
scientist at the Critical
Genetics Project at Queens
College, CUNY, explained
why in an article, "The
Spurious Foundation of
Genetic Engineering," pub-
lished by Harpers Magazine in
2002. We have far too few
genes to account for our com-
plexity This totally under-
mines the premise of genetic
engineering. Genes alone ido

ROHAN
Continued from Page 1C

is the process today. A
Medicare intermediary is the
private insurance company
that processes and answers
questions about your claim.
The name, address and tele-
phone number (always toll-
free) of the private insurer
that processes your claim and
that is your first recourse for
final determination of said
claim is clearly indicated on
all Part A and Part B Medicare
Explanation of Benefits
(EOB).
However, your claim, or, for
that matter, any claim, could'
be and still can be challenged.
The.HHS and the CMS do not
deny it, but when a claim is
challenged by a beneficiary or
his or her representative
(please, don't use an attorney),
more than 85 percent of bene-
ficiary negative claims even-
tually are ruled in the favor of
the beneficiary. One must be
aware that if the intermedi-
ary's ultimate determination
is negative to the beneficiary,
don't stop here.
Before I go further, allow me
to say the intermediary does
not gain by the process of

not explain the vast inherited"
differences between different
species. We are tinkering with
complex sets of factors that
scientists do not yet under-
stand.
Genetic engineering raises
other L scientific concerns:
Undesirable qualities could
be moved accidentally .from
one species to another.
Genetic flow between plant
species occurs in the wild.
Roundup resistance can flow
from transgenic crops to wild,
plants.
A few weed species already
have become resistant, turn-
ing the goal of weed control
'into a potential agricultural
nightmare. Many other scien-
tific questions remain unan-
swered.
Genetic engineering raises
ethical concerns. When com-
mercial profit drives research,
what happens to scientific
objectivity?. Is it ethical to

denying a claim, nor should a
beneficiary push a clearly
unwarranted .payment of a
claim. An intermediary can
sometimes actually take that
extra step to help you, despite
recent Medicare rules ,and
regulations. On the whole,
intermediaries are far more
knowledgeable than those at
the other end of the Medicare
hot line.
The first point is that once
denied by the intermediary, if
you or your medical providers
believe that the intermediary
has erred in its determination,
what next?
Well, before MMA, you or a
representative could proceed
with your claim at some 140
SSA offices. This has changed,
and now there are only five
Medicare judicial determiner
regions, and, to effectively
take your claim to that next
step, you will speak to a video
camera!
MMA also allocated addi-
tional monies tor SSA to sift
through some, 20 million
Medicare beneficiaries to find
the ones who qualified for
MMA Part D subsidies. This
allocated money would not
affect your S.S. money, but it
was to assist the SSA with its
most legitimate increase irn
administrative costs.

patent seeds so that poor
farmers become criminals.by
saving harvest seeds for the
next year's crop? Why does
the industry exert major
efforts to keep genetically
modified foods from being
labeled?
Who knows? Yet, industrial
agribusiness is leading us, like
a vast army of guinea pigs, into
a brave new world that nobody
understands.
The biotechnology industry
promotes itself'as the ultimate
answer for all the l)roble ims of
industrial agriculture. The
truth, as one careful reviewer
has noted, is that far from
being the solution, it is a
major part of the problem.

If you call the 'SSA hot line.
you have about, a 60 percent
chance of reaching someone.
The 140 or so field offices are
averaging more than 50,000,
additional visits by citizens
per day during the. past five
months.
The same Congress that
twisted arms for MMA has cut
the SSA's administrative budg-
et by $200 million in 2006. "
'The compromise is to shelve
disability claim reviews! !
Keep my green. tea wdrm,
and I will talk toyou next
week.

PHILLIP ALDER North ',2.o7.06
Newspaper Enterprise As.-. A K Q 7 6
V J 9 4 3
Many years ago. Lew Mathe was K' Q 2
playing with his wife. Genie, in a K 5.
mixed pairs event. Three times, West East
during the session. Genie led a AA 8 4 4 3
king from king-doubleton in a side V K 2 V A 8 5
suit. Each was a disaster: conced-: 10 9 7 5 1 8 6 3
ing an unnecessary overtrick to J 6 9 74 2
declare. South
The first time. Lew\ contented A J 10 9 5 2
himself with something like, A 6
"Dear: please do not do that." A A 8
After the second. Lew got more
lurid with his language. Dealer: South;
On the third occasion. Lew was Vulnerable: North-South
uncontrollable. South West North East
When he had finally quieted 14A Pass 3 NT Pass
down, Genie said, "You might not .
like my bridge ability, but you have Opening lead: A Q
to admit one thing."
"What's that?""
"I've got chutzpah." spade 10 toward the dutmmy
Sometimes, that: lead takes Most Wests would still be sound
chutzpah; at other times, it is per- asleep, but not this one. He was
fectly logical and even Lew would counting the points. He could see
have said "nice play" a t the end of 24 between die dummy and his
the deal. Here, as an opening lead, hand. Declarer had at least 12, so
it would have taken chutzpah. but East had at most four What could
West got a second chance. East hold that would be uselu I?.
North responded with a conven- Only the heart ace. West rushed in
tional three no-trump. promising' with his spade ace, shifted o tiie
at least four-card spade support heart king, and led his other heart
and the high-card values for game. to his partner's ace. West's heart
Declarer took West's club-queen .ruff at trick five defeated the con-
lead in his hand and led a sneaky tract.

D ear Annie: I am the mother of a abuse is about controlling someone
19-year-old son who is being else, but your son never got this mes-
abused by his girlfriend of one sage. Mention your own experience to
year I explain this to Neal, and
"Neal" is a freshman in urge him to get help through
college, and his girlfriend is The Domestic Abuse
a senior in high school. '.'T Helpline for Men at '1-888-
During the past six months, 7HELPLINE (743-5754), or
she has beaten him quite a Stop Abuse for Everyone at
few times. He will call me safe4all.org.
crying, asking for advice, but Dear Annie: My daughter,
whatever I say, he responds, "Vicki," is an accomplished
"But I love her" professional in her 40s. She
I want to give her a piece' has many fine qualities, but
of my mind, but Neal thinks one behavior has driven me
that will make things worse. to the breaking point.
I know he is a man now, but I ANNIE'S We live on opposite coasts,;
still want to protect him. He so most gifts I give her are
often calls me after one of MAILBOX through the mail. The only
their fights, while he's walk- way I have of knowing they
ing home from her house in the middle arrived in good condition is for her to
of the night on back roads. What if there tell me. She never does. I have told
is a snowstorm? He could get hit by a Vicki countless times that this is incon-
car or freeze to death. siderate and irritates me no end, but
When Neal was younger, he saw me she doesn't care. Often, when I ask her
being abused. It wouldn't have sur- if she received a gift, she will say, "I
prised me to see one of my daughters in think maybe a package arrived a while
an abusive relationship, but I never ago."
thought it would happen to my son. Vicki says if she didn't ask for the
What can I do? Scared Mom in New present, she has no need to thank me or
York tell me if it arrived. She says if I handed
Dear: Scared: Abusers .come in both it to her in person, she would thank me
genders, and your son needs to recog- promptly. When I told her that from now
nize that nothing he does will change on, gifts would stop if she didn't change
his girlfriend's behavior. She must want her inconsiderate behavior, she said I
to change and be willing to get profes- was being dictatorial.
sional help. We wouldn't count on it. I'm tired of being treated this way by
As an abuse victim, you know that my only child. Ignoring the problem is

not an option. Any recommendations?
Camarillo, Calif. -
Dear Camarillo: Sure. Stop sending
'gifts to Vicki. If she asks why, simply say,
as sweetly as you can, that you are sav-
ing them.for when you can hand them to
her directly, because you would hate to
send something she didn't want or like.
Don't let her use emotional blackmail to
be both rude and greedy.
Dear Annie: I read your column on a
daily basis, but I was insulted by your
advice to "Hairy Legs," the .young girl
who wanted to shave her legs. You rec-
ommended speaking with her mother,
her aunt or an adult friend, yet you
ignored her father.
. I have a 12-year-old daughter While I
may not completely understand her
point of view, I did have a mother, grew
up with a sister and am married to a
woman. Surely I can advise my daugh-
ter on a good razor to use to shave her
legs. -'A Caring Father
Dear Dad: You are absolutely right
that many fathers are quite capable of
helping, but young girls often find it too
embarrassing to ask Dad about such
private matters and prefer to ask anoth-
er female. So, all dads out there, please
make it clear to your daughters (and
sons) that they can talk to you about pos-
itively anything.
Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy
Mitchell and Marcy Sugar. E-mail ques-
tions to anniesmailbox@comcastnet, or
write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box
118190, Chicago, IL 60611.

Visit www.chronicleonline.com
for area movie listings and
entertainment information.

Your Birthday: The year ahead could be an
extremely favorable one for you where romance is con-
cerned. Both you and the one you love, or a person
you'll meet, are apt to be on the same wavelength.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Your. better qualities
will be evident today and others can't help being drawn
to you. But what they like the most is that the example
you set is also bringing out the best in them.
Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) This is one of your
better days to entertain at your place persons to whom
you're either obligated socially or those you'd like to
know better.
Aries (March 21-April 19) Something quite
hopeful is developing for you, and you may get your
first inkling of what it is today. A friend or associate in
whom you place considerable trust might be involved.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) You are particularly
capable of achieving important objectives today, espe-
cially those involving finances or your career.
Gemini (May 21-June 20) Whatever it is that you
set your mind to do today will be well within the realm
of possibility.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) This is the day to take
on any perplexing problems that may have been con-

Times subject to change; call ahead.

fronting you for some time. You'll be especially adept at
solving tricky predicaments or mysterious situations.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) The right types of com-
panions, especially those with whom you have strong
bonds, can help put your spirit and mind in excellent
balance today.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Actions you take today
will call attention to you in the eyes of those who are in
positions to further your professional interests.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) What makes you so
popular today is when dealing with others you'll do so
with both authority and compassion..
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Your efforts will be the
most rewarding today when you engage in situations
that can improve the lot of those you love. Let your
heart direct your actions and you'll make this the case.
Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) Those inclinations
you feel today to treat others in a fair and generous
fashion will prove to be the most advantageous course
you could follow.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) This is a day that
holds large profitable possibilities for you, especially in
areas where you earn your money by the sweat of your
brow. The harder you work, the more you accumulate.

Look for the white
building with the
bright colored paw
prints.,
There will be a joined
adoption sponsored
by the Humanitarians
of Florida and Home
at Last. Sat Febuary 11
from 10 AM until 2 PM.
COMMUNITY
SERVICE AVAILABLE
Our goal Is to help you
get it done. Animal .
Care & maintenance.
ALSO VOLUNTEERS
WELCOME
Drug Free
(352) 795-2959
COMMUNITY SERVICE
The Path Shelter is
available for people
who need to serve
their community
service.
(352) 527-6500 or
(352) 746-9084
Leave Message
FREE
2 male cats,
brothers, nuet. all-shots
(352) 302-7161
(352) 302-7029
FREE GROUP
COUNSELING
Depression/ Anxiety
(352) 637-3196 or
628-3831
FREE
Puppies
Beagle Mix
(352) 628-4172
FREE PUPPY, female
Dachshund/Rat Terrier
mix, 6 months old. To
good home
(352) 560-0282
FREE REMOVAL OF
Mowers, motorcycles,
RV's,Cars. ATV's, jet skis,
3 wheelers, 628-2084
Free to good home,
White Cat, female,
declawed, liter trained
(352) 220-6009

LICENSED PRACTICAL
NURSE
(Full Time)
GREAT BENEFITS
Paid Vacation,
Holidays, Health
Insurance & 401K
Quals: Grad from an
approved school of
nursing with a
certificate as a LPN.
Must be licensed In
the state of
employment.
A valid drivers license
Is required.

for Newspapers In
Education Program.
Works with teachers
and schools to
develop and
Implement program,
Also works with
funding. Part Time
Independent
Contractor position.
Excellent
opportunity for
someone wanting
part time work who
has a basic Interest
and knowledge of
Citrus County
schools.
Contact Cheryl at
352-564-2903.

JOHNSON'S KIA
Is looking for a exp.
Body Tech. and
JOHNSON'S PONTIAC
Is looking for an exp.
Service Tech.
Both jobs come with
great pay, benefits
and hours.
For more Info. call
Brent Johnson at
352-564-8668

FIRE SPRINKLER
PIPE FITTERS
(352) 302-3884
Plywood Sheeters
& Laborers
Needed in Dunnellon
area. (352) 266-6940
TRUCK DRIVER
With class A for flat
bed in Florida. Steady
work! 352-637-6449 or
352-302-5543
VEOLIA WATER NA
South LLC
Has an opening for
a Water and Sewer
Laborer at our Crystal
River project.
Applicants must
possess good driving
record. We offer an
excellent benefit plan
Including 401K.
Can 352-795-3199
between 9:00 AM
and 4:00 PM, Monday
through Friday, for an
application. EOE
-M/F/D/V. We
conduct applicant
drug testing.

GOLF COURSE POOL
HOME 3/2/2
Great view! Best deal in
C.H. Membership avail.
$259,000. 352-527-0522
or 352-697-3310
HOW TO SPEED
UP YOUR HOME
SALE!
Online Email
debble@debble
Or Over The Phone
352-795-2441
DEBBIE RECTOR

540-0207 TUCRN
Notice to Creditors
Estate of
Mary C. Glallourakis
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR
CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION
CASE NO. 2006-CP-22
IN RE: ESTATE OF
MARY C. GIALLOURAKIS,
DECEASED.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The Administration of the
Estate of MARY C. GIAL-
LOURAKIS, Deceased,
whose date of death was
December 9, 2005, Is

Cl-ASSIFIDEIDS

1997 -FORD
AEROSTAR
V-6 Runs & Looks Good
A/NC2,100.00
352-628-1196

R^Kj ifochard M 726-123

nue, Inverness, Florida'
34450. The names and
addresses of the personal
representative and the
personal representative's
attorney are set forth be-
low. -
All creditors of the dece-
dent and other persons,
who have claims or de-,
mands against dece-
dent's estate, Including
.unmatured, contingent or
unliquidated, claims, and
who have been served a
,copy of this notice, must
file their claims with this
-Court WITHIN THE LATER
OF THREE (3) MONTHS AF-
TER THE DATE OF THE FIRST
PUBLICATION OF THIS NO-
TICE OR THIRTY (30) DAYS
AFTER THE DATE: OF SERV-
ICE OF A COPY OF THIS
NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the
decedent and other per-
sons having claims or de-
mands against the dece-
dent's, estate Ir,. ..ddlrng
unmatured, c.'r.n'ge, r.i
unliquidated -Ci:Jirr.. ,T.u.r
file their claims with this
court WITHIN THREE ",'
MONTHS AFTER THE C-it
OF THE FIRST PUBUCATION
OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED
WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE
TIME PERIODS SET FORTH
ABOVE ANY CLAIM FILED
TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE
AFTER THE DECEDENT'S
DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED
ir.,e O.I- oT nr-1 c. ij.-ii-a
IIr ..* i -,, iJ,:.. .Ilr.-
i: r.- 1 iC.r.'-. 1.r T i.e
11 001.- -r,,1J
ir..- I.; 31 l.1 r, ,:

11l. I i', two (2) times i
Haag, Friedrich & Blume,
P.A.
452 Pleasant Grove Rd,
Inverness, FL 34452
fr,Tr,.-l. I o (352) 726-0901
Pij..,i:r.,-1, two (2) times In'
the I," u: countyt y Chroni-
cle, Fl T.,jr,' 7 and 14,
2006.
548-0214 TUCRN
SNotice to Creditors
Estate of Robert R. Hook
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA
.PROBATE DIVISION
N File No.: 2006-CP-79
IN RE: ESTATE OF-
ROBERT R. HOOK A/K/A
ROBERT RANDALL HOOK,
DECEASED.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the
.estate of ROBERT R.
HOOK, deceased, whose
date of death -was DE-
CEMBER 27, 2005, Is pend-
ing In the Circuit Court fl3r
Citrus, County, Florida, Pro-
bate Division, the address
of which Is 110 North
--.D'.i -.enue, Inver-
rie" Fioil.: 34450. The
names and addresses of
the personal representa-
tive and the personal rep-.
resentative's attorney are
set forth below.
.All creditors of the dece-
dent and other persons
having claims or de-
mands against. dece-
dent's estate 0oh whom a -
copy of this notice Is re-
quired to be served must
file their claims with this
court WITHIN THE LATER OF
3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME
OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION
OF THIS NOTICE OR 30
DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF
SERVICE OF A COPY OF
THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the
' decedent and other per-
sons having claims or de-
mands against dece-
dent's estate must file

their claims with this .court
WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER
THE DATE OF THE FIRST
PUBLICATION OF THIS NO-
TICE,
ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED
WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE
TIME PERIOD SET FORTH
ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED
TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE
AFTER THE DECEDENT'S
DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
The date of the first pub-
lication of this Notice Is
February 7,2006.
Personal Representative;
/s/ M. JANE HOOK
15 ATWOOD
SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA
94965
Attorney for Personal
Representative:
BRADSHAW & MOUNTJOY,
P.A.
/s/ Michael Mountloy, Esq.
209 Courthouse Square
Inverness, FL 34450
Florida.Bar No.; 157310
Telephone: (352) 726-1211
Published two (2) times In
the Citrus County Chronl-

dent and other persons
having claims or de-
mands against the dece-
dent's estate, Including
unmatured, contingent or
unliquidated 'claims, on
whom a copy of this No-
tice Is served must file
their claims with this Court
WITHIN THE LATER OF
THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER
THE DATE OF THE FIRST
PUBLICATION OF THIS NO-
TICE OR THIRTY (30) DAYS
AFTER THE DATE OF SERV-
ICE OF A COPY OF THIS
NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the
'decedent and other per-
sons having claims or de-
mands against the dece-
dent's estate, Including
unmatured, contingent or
unliquldated claims, must
file their claims with this
Court WITHIN THREE (3)
MONTHS AFTER THE DATE
OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION

Published two (2) times In the Citrus County Chronicle.
January '"I or.J Fr .r',j r,, .

538-0215 TUCRfI
[].,:,,: -.:.r : n:.r I ", jl, or'. l-e' 3:E-1J
PUBLIC NOTICE
III rie ,. I lh IT : '- Cii ':,-i i FTIH Ji.il c l.1- ,'--i .i 1.1i
IN AND FOR MARION COUNTY, FLORIDA.
Case No.: 05-4215-DR
I I- rTHE ( f i'-r1-.:-E ,jF
PAMELA DENISE WALKER i:-.iiin.;r, .,,ir.
MARTIN VASQUEZ I :.- .r.-.i Hu .arnd
S AMENDED NOTICE OF ACTION
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
TO: re I.... .1
:. Ur- ri'.:TII, ir,.3r a Petition for Dissolution of
l.3r.l ,, 3 T. ,ai -'.r.. i.i.3 r,- arairng. ir I e at:' -
l .:,r J ,' 1.3 r ..quir.1 I.:. :,r.- .J3 C,:., ,,.',j inT -,
i'rr. : 1 r., I, n :.r, I r-', ri 'i'ELL E.-,ji'i -, F:.
t', ',".i 'lo,,.roa,'. S. >..'i-. Ir,- o31.-.rr, r.:- ir,- I .
iil:r,.' n or before February 17. 2006 *,-.. 11 ire
:.rirn.3 ..ir ir.- '1i.-i ,:.i rr,. '- :.jurt before service on
the Petitioner or Immediately thereafter, If you fall to
do so, a default may be entered. against you for the re-
lief demanded in the Petition.
Copies of all documents In this case, Including orders,
are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court's office.
You may review these documents upon request.
You must keep. the. Clerk of the Court's office notified
of your current address. Future papers In this lawsuit will
.be mailed to the 31,-D... .:r. .e-: ,r at the Clerk's Of-
fice.
Tr.i: i r ..- a i.:ii. :.r. i'.- I..1'jihi..- of Marriage. This case Is
:: .rg ii-.: ir. ir, IC I.:-.ji 'c..j,1 of the Fifth Judicial Cir-
cuit In and for Marion County, located at 110 N.W. 1st
Ave., C-.:cora i. 3i". The telephone-number of the
DIvlslor .: ir,4 *. i.:",1r Court where the petition Is filed Is
352-620-3905.
Dated: January 10, 2006. DAVID R. ELLSPERMANN
Clerk of the Circuit Court
By. C. Dear, Deputy Clerk
Published four (4) times In the Citrus County Chronicle,
January 24 and 31, February 7 and 14, 2006.

546-0229 TUCRN
Notice of Action for Custody Friery/Keene
PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR CITRUS COUNTY. FLORIDA
Case No.: 2006-DR-403
THOMAS FRIERY,
Petitioner
and
APRIL KEENE
Respondent.
NOTICE OF ACTION FOR CUSTODY
TO: APRIL M. KEENE, Last Known Address: UNKNOWN
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action has been filed
against you and that you are required to serve a copy
of your written defenses, If any, to It on THOMAS FRIERY,
whose address Is 1829 Andromedae Drive. Citrus
Springs, FL 34434, on or before March 9, 2006, and file
the original with the Clerk of this Court at Citrus County
Courthouse, 110 N. Apopka Ave., Inverness, FL 34450,
before service on Petitioner or Immediately thereafter.
If you fall to do so, a default may be entered against
you for the relief demanded In the petition.
Copies of all court documents in this case, including
orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court's
office. You may review these documents upon request.

You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court's office no-
tified on your current address. (You may file Notice of
Current Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved
Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers In this lawsuit
will be mailed to the address on record at the clerk's
office.

WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Pro-
cedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of docu-
ments and Information. Failure to comply can result in
sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings.
DATED: January 31,2006.
Betty Strlfler
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
By: /s/ M. A. Michel, Deputy Clerk

Published four (4) times In the Citrus County Chronicle,
February 7, 14,21 and 28, 2006,

I

All creditors of the dece-
dent and other persons
having claims or de-
mands against the dece-
.dent's estate, Including
unmatured, contingent or
unliquidated claims, on
whom a copy of this No-
tice Is. served must file-
their claims with this Court
WITHIN THE LATER OF
THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER
THE DATE OF THE FIRST
PUBLICATION OF THIS NO-
TICE OR THIRTY (30) DAYS
AFTER THE DATE OF SERV-
ICE OF A COPY OF THIS
NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the
decedent and other per-
sons having claims or de-
mands against the dece-
dent's estate, Including
unmatured, contingent or
unliquidated claims, must
file their claims with this
Court WITHIN THREE (3)
MONTHS AFTER THE .DATE
OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION
OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED
WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
The date of first publica-
tion of this Notice is Feb-
ruary 7, 2006.
Personal Representative:
KEVIN REESE
5721 S. Calgary Terrace
r.rFl,.rldo 34452